Ceph Object Storage

QuantaStor's Cloud Containers feature enables one to setup a NAS Gateway to custom Ceph Object Storage buckets.

Overview Configuration Steps

• Login to your Ceph configuration.
• Get the Access Key and Secret Access to the Ceph Object Storage.

Add provider credentials within QuantaStor

• In the Cloud Provider tab, right click to select "Add Provider".
• Change the end-point to the Ceph Object Store.
• Add the Access Key and Secret Access to the Ceph Object Store.

• Select "Ceph" in the "Cloud Storage Providers". The location of the selected end point should be displayed.

Create/Add Cloud Container(s)

Now navigate to the Cloud Containers section and then Import or Create a new Cloud Container using the Softlayer S3 credentials you entered before. Note that after you create a new container you will find a Network Share listed in the main Storage Management -> Network Shares section which represents the container and makes it accessible via NFS and SMB.