S3 Compatible Storage

Signiant SDCX Server version 4.0 allows Media Shuttle portals to connect to on-premises S3 compatible object storage for file transfers.

S3 compatible storage is available to licensed accounts only. To enable on-premises S3 storage on your account, contact Signiant Customer Care.

Note: For information about configuring Amazon S3 Storage provided by Amazon AWS, see the Cloud Storage configuration guide.

Tested S3 Vendors

The following on-premises S3 storage vendors have been used in Media Shuttle software testing:

Vendor	Access Parameters	Bucket Access Style
Caringo S3	Use SSL, Verify Hostname	Path
Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage	Use SSL, Verify Hostname	Virtual Host
Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)	Verify Hostname, Allow Self-signed Certificate	Virtual Host
IBM Cleversafe	Use SSL, Verify Hostname	Virtual Host
NetApp StorageGRID	Use SSL, Verify Hostname	Virtual Host

All S3 compatible storage must be configured to support AWS V4 signatures. V2 signatures are not supported.

Folder Actions

S3 compatible storage allow Share portal users to browse, search, and delete files from storage. Due to limitations put in place by the vendor, some actions are not supported.

Vendor	Supported Operations
Caringo S3	Create folders, move/rename empty folders
Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage	Create folders, move/rename files, move/rename empty folders
Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)	Create folders, move/rename empty folders
IBM Cleversafe	Move/rename files under 10 MB
NetApp StorageGRID	Rename empty folders

Adding On-Premises S3 Storage

Once your account is licensed to use on-premises S3 Compatible storage, you must install the SDCX Server software on a server to allow Media Shuttle to communicate with your storage.

Connect the installed SDCX Server to your Media Shuttle account on the Storage page in the IT Administration Console.

To add S3 compatible storage:

1. On the Storage page, click Add.
2. Select S3 Compatible Storage.
3. Select an SDCX server from the Storage Server drop-down menu, or add a new SDCX server.
4. Enter the device Service Endpoint. (e.g. domain.provider.com)
5. Enter the Bucket Name, and optional Subfolder to use for transfers.
6. Enter the Access Key, and Secret Key associated with your storage account.
7. Configure storage Access Parameters.