Chapter 2: Accessing Volumes; Overview; Cloud Credentials - Nasuni Edge Initial Configuration Manual

Overview

This chapter explains how to access volumes, including CIFS shares, NFS exports, FTP directories,
and iSCSI volumes. After you access volumes, you can get up and running quickly with the Nasuni
Edge Appliance and start using it on your network as a NAS or SAN device.

Cloud Credentials

Before creating or using volumes, you must configure the Nasuni Edge Appliance to use the storage
you have arranged for this purpose.
Nasuni Cloud File Services enables customers to execute a multi-cloud IT strategy and select the most
appropriate object storage for their business by offering support for the leading private and public
cloud storage platforms, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Dell EMC Elastic
Cloud Storage (ECS), Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), IBM Cloud Object Storage, and Microsoft Azure
Storage.
Important: You must create and maintain your own cloud storage account. Nasuni does not
have access to your cloud storage account.
Tip: In the Nasuni model, customers provide their own cloud accounts for the storage of their
data. Customers should leverage their cloud provider's role-based access and identity
access management features as part of their overall security strategy. Such features can be
used to limit or prohibit administrative access to the cloud account, based on customer
policies.
Tip: You must configure cloud credentials before adding a volume that uses those cloud
credentials.
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