Storage
The Storage page allows you to define endpoints for user-supplied object storage. It also displays the current global default storage location for you organization and allows you to edit it if you have sufficient permissions.
You have a choice of where to send backup data with CloudCasa. You can use CloudCasa’s secure cloud storage, which is included in the paid service plans, or you can use your own object storage. If you wish to use your own object storage, you must define the endpoints for it here. Note that configuring storage here is not required to use CloudCasa.
CloudCasa supports most types of object storage that are compatible with the Amazon S3 API or Microsoft Azure Blob storage as user-supplied storage.
From the menu bar, go to Configuration > Storage.
On this page, you can view a list of your defined storage endpoints and edit or delete them.
Adding Amazon S3 storage
Take the following steps to register the Amazon S3 or S3-compatible object storage with CloudCasa:
In the Storage page, click Add storage +.
In the Add storage pane, enter the following fields:
- Name
Display name for the Storage location.
- Provider type: S3
Select S3 to register the Amazon S3 or compatible storage.
- Bucket name
Enter the bucket name of the S3 storage.
- Access key
Enter the access key of the S3 storage.
- Secret key
Enter the secret key of the S3 storage.
- Endpoint
Enter the regional endpoint URL of the S3 storage. It usually is of the type “https:://service-code.region-code.provider.com”. E.g: https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com, https://s3.eu-west-2.wasabisys.com
- Region:
Enter the region under which the Amazon S3 bucket is created. ( This is not applicable for non-Amazon buckets )
- Is your storage isolated/restricted from Internet access?
Choose Yes if your storage is not reachable via the public Internet.
- Proxy cluster
If the storage is marked as isolated, you must choose a cluster with an active CloudCasa agent which will be responsible for performing management operations on the storage. The storage must be reachable from this cluster.
- Disable TLS certificate validation
It is recommended to not enable this setting. Enabling it allows connections to the storage endpoint even if the server certificate is self-signed or expired, or if the domain name does not match the host.
Click Save.
Ensure that you can see the S3 storage object in the Storage list.
Adding Microsoft Azure Blob storage
Take the following steps to register a Microsoft Azure Blob storage endpoint with CloudCasa:
In the Storage page, click Add storage +.
In the Add storage pane, enter the following fields:
- Name
Display name for the Storage location.
- Provider type: Azure
Select Azure to register the Microsoft Azure Blob storage.
- Subscription ID
Enter the subscription ID of the Microsoft Azure plan that you have purchased.
- Client ID
Enter the unique Client (Application) ID assigned by Microsoft Azure when the application was registered.
- Client Secret
Enter a valid client secret of the Service Principal.
- Tenant ID
Enter the tenant ID associated with the Microsoft Azure subscription.
- Resource Group Name
Enter the resource group name that will be used to hold all resources for the storage.
- Storage Account Name
Enter the name of the storage account created under the same resource group.
- Region
Enter region name associated with the resource group.
- Is your storage isolated/restricted from Internet access?
Choose Yes if your storage is not reachable via the public Internet.
- Proxy cluster
If the storage is marked as isolated, you must choose a cluster with an active CloudCasa agent which will be responsible for performing management operations on the storage. The storage must be reachable from this cluster.
- Disable TLS certificate validation
It is recommended to not enable this setting. Enabling it allows connections to the storage endpoint even if the server certificate is self-signed or expired, or if the domain name does not match the host.
Click Save.
Ensure that you can see the Microsoft Azure Blob storage endpoint in the Storage list.