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title: "ShardSecure Platform With Wasabi"
slug: "how-to-use-shardsecure-platform-with-wasabi"
updated: 2026-11-10T22:24:25Z
published: 2026-11-10T22:24:25Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/how-to-use-shardsecure-platform-with-wasabi"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# ShardSecure Platform With Wasabi

[ShardSecure](https://shardsecure.com/) Platform has been validated for use with Wasabi. The ShardSecure platform ensures the security, privacy, and resilience of unstructured data on-premises, in the cloud, and across multi- and hybrid-cloud environments, protecting it from unauthorized access.

ShardSecure utilizes [Microsharding](https://shardsecure.com/resources/faqs/microsharding) and a three-step process referred to as Shred, Mix, and Distribute to ensure your data is secure and available even during an outage.

## Requirements

- Active [Wasabi Cloud Storage Account](https://wasabi.com/sign-up)
- ShardSecure v2.1.0

## Reference Architecture

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16720108531355.png)

ShardSecure Engine

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/20002725392539.png)

### Configuration of ShardSecure Wasabi Buckets

1. Log in to your [Wasabi Console](https://console.wasabisys.com/login).
2. Click on **Create Bucket**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964767865883.png)
3. Name the bucket with a scheme that reflects ShardSecure and select your region. Click on **Create Bucket**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16719278885275.png)
4. Repeat the two steps above until you have a minimum of 3 buckets created. Your buckets should resemble the following image.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16719275817115.png)

*Note: Buckets do not need to be located in the same region.*
5. Next, if not already completed, we will create an Access Key to be used for the ShardSecure buckets.

Click on **Access Keys,** then click on **Create New Access Key**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964795416475.png)
6. ShardSecure can leverage Root and Sub Users as long as the credentials have read/write access to the buckets. Select one and click **Create.**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964801681819.png)
7. Make sure to download or copy the Keys to the Clipboard for use inside of ShardSecure.

### Configuration of ShardSecure

1. Log in to your ShardSecure configuration portal.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964109644571.png)
2. Click on **Config**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964165738651.png)
3. A separate window will now open to take you to the Configuration home screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964167134619.png)
4. To add a new storage location, choose **ShardFileSystems** and click on the **+** to add Wasabi as a file system.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964310569115.png)
5. In the drop-down menu, click on Wasabi, and then for the name, enter Wasabi Object Storage. Click on **Add**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964312275355.png)
6. Enter the following information.

Click on **Add SCF**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964254102939.png)

*Note: This configuration example uses Wasabi’s us-west-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in our* [*Wasabi Service URLs*](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions)*.*
  - Wasabi Key ID—Enter your Access Key
  - Wasabi Key Secret—Enter your Secret Key
  - Region—Select the region where you created your buckets
  - Endpoint—Specify the region URL where your buckets are created
7. Next, enter a name for the bucket in ShardSecure, and then enter the name of the Wasabi bucket you created for ShardSecure in your Wasabi Console from Section 3.

Click **Add SCF**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964257192987.png)

***Note****—The Shard Size should be 4 unless otherwise recommended by your ShardSecure consultant.*
8. Repeat the steps until all buckets created in your Wasabi Console are created. When complete, you should see them all listed under your Shared File Systems.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16720028677659.png)
9. Go to Policies and click **+** to add a policy for Wasabi.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964344205211.png)
10. Enter a corresponding name for Wasabi, then click **Add**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964385980571.png)
11. Provide a description of the policy if you wish.
12. Next, you will give the policy an order number. Depending on whether other policies exist, set the policy order; if the policy has the same order as an existing policy, a message will appear. The tree view reflects the order by sorting the policies from low to high.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964360698267.png)
13. To edit the Rule for the policy, click the **edit button**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964424552603.png)
14. Use the settings below to set a default rule, then click **Save**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16720464157467.png)
15. Next, click on the edit button for **Shard Container Files**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964409656475.png)
16. Select your Wasabi specific storage buckets and click on the **+** next to each bucket to add them.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16721303745435.png)
17. All Wasabi buckets should now be listed under Configured Shard Container Files. Click on **Close** to exit out of the setup dialog box.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16721374320411.png)
18. For the remaining configuration options, perform the following.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/16721178311451.png)
  - Shuffle—turn on or off if desired
  - Compression—Selected by default. Turn off if data is already compressed or highly random in nature
  - Compression Algorithm—LZ4 (fast compression) is selected by default. GZIP (DEFLATE) can be chosen; while slower, it provides better compression in many cases.
  - Digest—turn on or off if desired
  - Poison Percentage—Recommended percentage is roughly 0.5-1%. This will add garbage data at random intervals within the sharded data.
  - Poison Mix—There are 4 types of poison.
    - Text data: This will create text garbage data
    - Binary data: This will create binary garbage data
    - Autodetect: The system will generate random garbage data based on either text or binary by inspecting the data from the previous shards
    - Customer data: This will take existing data and scramble it before inserting it as poison data
19. Once your policy is created, you will want to save it. Click on **Save Config** at the top of the page.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965135784475.png)

## Upload Configuration to Cluster

1. In ShardSecure Server Management, click on **Admin** and then click on **Cluster Config**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965150851867.png)
2. Click on **Generate Key**.

A file named config-data.key has been generated on the server.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966263642907.png)
3. Open the file and copy the text content
4. Go back to the Config Management Page
5. Make sure your Config is saved
6. Select Prepare Config

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966133348251.png)
7. Paste the text content into the **Config Key**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966135137051.png)
8. Press the Generate Config button, then click **Copy** once the config info is displayed.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966153432603.png)
9. Go back to the ShardSecure Server Management page, click Admin, then **Cluster Config**.
10. Paste the data into the text area, then click **Load Config**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966158209819.png)

## Create an Upload Bucket

After uploading the configuration to your ShardSecure Cluster, you can now create a bucket within ShardSecure and upload data via the S3—compatible API. ShardSecure will ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability before the data is stored on Wasabi.

1. On the ShardSecure portal, click on the **+** to create an upload bucket.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964457643163.png)
2. Specify a name for the bucket and click on **Create**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964496846363.png)
3. You will now see your bucket appear in the list. Click on your bucket and it will display the bucket properties and files.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964512803995.png)
4. Click on the three dots to expand the Bucket Operations options. Click Bucket policies to assign the policy you created earlier in Config to the bucket.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964509090587.png)
5. Click on and drag the policy that you wish to use over to the Selected Policies and click on **Save**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965000316699.png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965001839003.png)
6. Now you can click on the **+** to select a file to upload to the bucket.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965038124699.png)
7. Once you have selected your file, click on **Upload**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965039884699.png)
8. You will now see your file listed inside the bucket.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18965052887579.png)
9. Click on the three dots under Action and then click on **Information**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966409436571.png)
10. You will now see which buckets your file has been distributed across.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966466745755.png)

### Immutability/Object Locking

Object Lock is a feature of the ShardSecure application that allows you to prevent the deletion or modification of files for a specified period. Files that you mark as locked can still be downloaded and accessed by authorized end users, just not overwritten or deleted. This refers to Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) functionality that, when enabled, protects documents from modification and deletion for a specified period.

1. Click on the bucket in which you would like to enable Object Locking. Click on the **three dots** to reveal the Bucket Operations menu and select Object Locking.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18964509090587.png)
2. Click on the toggle for Enable Locking.
3. Click on the toggle for Default Retention Period
4. Specify the Duration and Type of Days or Years
5. Click on **Save**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966946616987.png)

Note: You can further utilize Object Locking by using Wasabi's Immutability feature by creating Object Lock-enabled buckets in the Wasabi Console when creating your initial configuration.

Log in to your [Wasabi Cloud Console](https://console.wasabisys.com/login) and create your Object Lock Enabled Bucket following the steps in [Object Lock Enabled Bucket](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/object-locking) article.

## Replication of Data

ShardSecure’s automatic data migration feature allows companies to configure Tier 2 storage locations. If a specified number of data integrity checks fail, all the data in the Tier 1 storage location can be automatically migrated — in the background, with no downtime — to the secure Tier 2 location.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/19860588100507.png)

## Monitor and Reporting

1. To see an overview of your Cluster and monitor the resources, click on the Monitor tab in the top row.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966475213979.png)
2. To see or review any reporting, you must first run the Report Generator task.
3. Click on **Admin** and then click on **Scheduled Tasks**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966508565915.png)
4. Administration, then click on the Report Generator task to force the job to run now. The report will be compiled and then made available for review in the Report section.
5. Once available, if you click Report, you will see the latest report displayed.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/18966529370011.png)

For support or questions, [Contact Shardsecure](mailto:support@shardsecure.com)