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Set Up ObjectiveFS With On-Premise Object Stores

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ObjectiveFS supports on-premise object stores such as Ceph, Cloudian, Hitachi HGST, etc. This document covers the steps to set up your ObjectiveFS filesystem with an on-premise object store.

What You Need

  1. An on-premise object store with an S3 compatible interface
  2. ObjectiveFS license key from the Filesystem section on your profile page
  3. ObjectiveFS software installed on your machine (see Quick Start)

Steps

  1. Configure Objectivefs 

    $ sudo mount.objectivefs config objectstore://
Creating config for Your Object Store Provider in /etc/objectivefs.env
Enter ObjectiveFS license: <your ObjectiveFS license>
Enter Endpoint URL (http[s]://example.com[:port]): <endpoint>
Enter Access Key: <your access key>
Enter Secret Key: <your secret key>
Enter Region: <your region>

  2. Create your filesystem (one-time only)

    • Choose a unique filesystem name. ObjectiveFS will create a new bucket with this name.
    • Choose a strong passphrase, write it down and store it somewhere safe.
      IMPORTANT: Without the passphrase, there is no way to recover any files.

    $ sudo mount.objectivefs create <your filesystem name>
Passphrase (for objectstore://<filesystem>): <your passphrase>
Verify passphrase (for objectstore://<filesystem>): <your passphrase>

  3. Mount your filesystem
    Mount your filesystem on an existing empty directory, e.g. /ofs. The ObjectiveFS process will run in the background.

    $ sudo mkdir /ofs
$ sudo mount.objectivefs <your filesystem name> /ofs
Passphrase (for objectstore://<filesystem>): <your passphrase>

  4. [Optional] Multi-server setup
    Mount this filesystem on as many servers as you wish by running steps 1 and 3 on each server after installing ObjectiveFS. Each server can read and write to the same filesystem at the same time.

If you have questions, please email us at support@objectivefs.com.

Last updated by ObjectiveFS staff, October 3, 2022

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