There are plenty of S3 browsers online, few of them are :
- Cyberduck (https://cyberduck.io/)
- S3 Browser (s3browser.com)
- Cloudberry (https://www.cloudberrylab.com/)
- Dragon Disk (http://www.s3-client.com/)
You can find quite a lot tools or even chrome/firefox plugins. But above browsers are my favorite.
- Let's try Cyberduck in this article.
- Nutanix Objects endpoint supports http and https (yes both) protocols.
- https : Safe and secure.
- http : Usually in dev-test environment where you dont worry about security and focus more on latency/throughput.
- Launch Cyberduck
- Click - Open New Connect
- Select Amazon S3 from dropdown.
- Enter one of the endpoint IP in "Server" field.
- Username : Enter Access Key
- Secret Access Key : Enter Secret Key
- Click Connect
- This will list you warning about certificate , this is expected since by default Nutanix Objects uses self sign certs. You can replace the certs with your certs to avoid such a warnings.
- This will give you empty explorer - thats expected since we have not created anything.
- Right click -> Create Folder -> Provide min 3-char Alpha-numeric name -> And thats it , its your first bucket.
- Go inside the bucket, RightClick -> Upload -> Upload some local file -> And you have created your first object.
Lets check how this looks in Objects UI.
- Login to Prism Central and navigate to Objects Page.
- All the stats are pretty much instant. UI auto-refreshes at every 30s interval. So if you think UI is not reporting correct data , wait for few seconds.
- But in case if you dont want to wait, here is the cool trick.
- In above screenshot you can see "View All Object Stores" (highlighted). Just click on that text. It will initiate refresh right away , and will pull the latest stats from backend. Cool, isnt it.
- But in case if you dont want to wait, here is the cool trick.
- All the info around Bucket appears here and you can administer everything from PC UI.
And thats it. You have created your first bucket using IAM user.
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