Integrate CTERA with Backblaze B2
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CTERA is a cloud file storage and file system for Enterprises service that allows users to scale storage across a multi-tenant and cloud environment. You can configure CTERA with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.
Enable Backblaze B2
Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.
- Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
- In the user menu in the upper-right corner of the page, select My Settings.
- Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
- Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them.
Create a Bucket
- Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
- In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
- Click Create a Bucket.
- Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use. - Select a privacy setting: Private or Public. Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading. Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily share files. You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
- If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
- Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
- Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value later.
- Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.
Note
If this is your first time creating a public bucket, complete the following tasks to ensure that you have the correct permissions to create a public bucket:
1. Verify your email address.
2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.
1. Verify your email address.
2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.
Note
Copy the S3 endpoint that is displayed for use in another step.
Create an Application Key
Application keys control access to your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the buckets that are contained in your account.
- Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
- In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys.
- Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name. Please note: You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. Key names are limited to 100 characters and can contain letters, numbers, and "-", but not I18N characters, such as é, à, and ü.
- Select All or a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) dropdown menu.
- Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
- Optionally, select the Allow List All Bucket Names checkbox (required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations).
- Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix. Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
- Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires. The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
- Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
Note
When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.
Add a Storage Node in CTERA
- Sign in to the CTERA portal.
- Navigate to the Administration page.
- Select Storage Nodes.
- Click New Storage Node.
- Configure settings.
- In the Type dropdown menu, select Amazon S3.
- Enter a storage node name.
- Enter your bucket name.
- Enter your keyID as the access key ID.
- Enter your applicationKey as the Secret Access key.
- Enter your S3 endpoint URL.
- Click Save.
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