ECS Administrative Web UI

Login to the Web UI

The WebUI uses SSL and a self-signed certificate to help protect your session from casual eves-dropping. Take the IP of your first ECS node, fire up your browser, and point https:// at it. For this example, the latest Google Chrome browser was used.

You cannot add, change, or remove administrative users in this build. Use the default below.

Username: rootPassword: ChangeMe

Input License

Open Settings, then Licensing and upload the license.xml file located in the ecs-single-node / ecs-multi-node folder. The UI will not automatically update the license view in this release. Navigating away from page and returning will prompt it to update. You may need to try a few times before it updates. Once it does, you should see something like this:

Upload License file

Upload License file

Create Storage vPool

Open Manage, then Storage Pools and create a storage pool. Keep the name simple, and add all nodes to the pool. Click Save.

There’s a known issue in this build that causes the Storage Pools view to appear frozen for about 1-2 minutes after provisioning begins. Unlike with the license view case, this view will update on its own. Once it’s updated, you should see something similar to:

Create Storage VPool

Create Storage VPool

Create Virtual Data Center

Open Manage, then Virtual Data Center and create a Virtual Data Center using the below screenshot as a guide. Please wait for up to 20 minutes after creating a Storage vPool before creating a Virtual Data Center. There are several background tasks that must complete, and for object to fully initialize.

Create Virtual Data Center

Create Virtual Data Center

Create Replication Group

Open Manage, then Replication Group and create a Replication Group using the below as an example. Currently only one VDC in a replication group is supported.

Create Replication Group

Create Replication Group

Create Namespace

Open Manage, then Namespace. Set up a Simple Namespace with a name such as “ns”. Input a namespace username to use with the namespace, such as “ecs_user”. Select the replication group for the namespace, and click Save at the very bottom.

Namespace features available in this release

  • ✔ Simple Namespace

  • Retention Policies

  • Quotas

  • Authentication Domains

Create Namespace

Create Namespace

Create Object User Account

Open Manage, then Users, then click on Object Users and New Object User to set up object store credentials.

Create Namespace

Create Namespace

Create secrets by filling the fields and clicking the buttons.

  • S3 Key: Click Generate & Add Password to retrieve the server-generated key.
  • Swift Password: Enter your own password and click Set Password.
Create User S3 and Swift Keys

Create User S3 and Swift Keys