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Registering Amazon S3 cloud account

You must have valid Amazon S3 credentials to register the cloud account with DLM.

  1. In the DLM UI navigation pane, click Cloud Credentials > Add
  2. Enter the details in the Add Cloud Credential window:
    • Cloud Storage Type - Select the replication cloud account from the drop-down.
    • Name - Provide a unique cloud credential name.
    • Authentication Type - Select the authentication type as Access Secret Key from the drop-down.
      Note
      Note
      If you select IAM Role, click Save to proceed.
    • Access Key - Enter the valid access key.
    • Secret Key - Enter the valid secret key.

Custom Configuration

Optionally, you can add custom configuration details which gets registered as part of the Amazon S3 cloud account.

- Click ADD.

- Enter the Configuration Name and Configuration Value respectively.

Use the checked configuration option to secure your configured data in a keystore.

For Amazon S3, use the following information to add the supported custom cloud credential properties:

fs.s3a.proxy.host=<Hostname of the (optional) proxy server for S3 connections.>
fs.s3a.proxy.port=<Proxy server port. If this property is not set
but fs.s3a.proxy.host is, port 80 or 443 is assumed (consistent with
the value of fs.s3a.connection.ssl.enabled).>
fs.s3a.proxy.username=<Username for authenticating with proxy server.>
fs.s3a.proxy.password=<Password for authenticating with proxy server.>
fs.s3a.proxy.domain=<Domain for authenticating with proxy server.>
fs.s3a.proxy.workstation=<Workstation for authenticating with proxy server.>
fs.s3a.attempts.maximum=<How many times we should retry commands on transient errors.>
fs.s3a.connection.establish.timeout=<Socket connection setup timeout in milliseconds.>
fs.s3a.connection.timeout=<Socket connection timeout in milliseconds.>

  1. Click Validate.
    Note
    Note
    Using the validation feature is recommended to ensure that the Amazon S3 bucket keys are valid. If the keys are not valid, the DLM policy cannot execute a copy of data to the target Amazon S3 bucket.

    Verify that your credentials are listed on the Cloud Credentials page.