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Configuring S3 access to an SVM

Configuring S3 involves creating an SVM or enabling S3 on an existing SVM, then creating an S3 service policy, dedicated data LIFs, and an S3 server.

  1. Creating an SVM and server for S3
    Although S3 can coexist in an SVM with other NAS protocols, you might want to create a new SVM to isolate the namespace and workload.
  2. Verifying Certificate Authority
    One of the most important features added in ONTAP 9.10.1 is that all features required to create a new S3 SVM hosting a bucket can be performed using System Manager for DM Series. This includes the creation of the Certificate Authority.
  3. Creating an S3 service data policy
    You can create service policies for S3 data and management services. An S3 service data policy is required to enable S3 data traffic on LIFs.
  4. Verifying data LIFs
    If you created a new SVM, the dedicated LIFs you create for S3 access should be data LIFs.
  5. Creating intercluster LIFs for remote FabricPool tiering on the primary system
    In this section, we will now create the intercluster LIFs on the primary system that will be used to connect to our S3 SVM on the secondary system.