Admin Manual

Institutional Storage Function

This function can be operated by the institutional administrator from the admin screen. The storage that is mainly used within an institution is called the institutional storage.
In GakuNin RDM, you will select the storage to be mainly used from the list of storage services and operate it as the institutional storage.
You can enter the required information for each provider in 'Institutional Storage' in the menu. Each user interface is different for each storage service. Please select the storage service from (1) to (3) below and check the operational method.

Institutional Storage Function

(1)Selecting Swift as institutional storage

Display

①On the 'Institutional Storage' screen, enter an arbitrary storage name in the 'Name' form, select OpenStack Swift, and click the 'Save' button.

Selecting Swift as institutional storage

②A confirmation screen will be displayed for changing the institutional storage.
If you agree to the change, enter the character string after 'Type the following to continue:' in the form and click the 'Change' button.
* If you do not agree with the change, you can return to the previous screen by clicking the 'Cancel' button.

Selecting Swift as institutional storage

③The input screen for authentication and settings information will be displayed. Fill out each form according to the following and click the 'Connect' button to perform a connection test.
* Please note that the ‘Connect’ button will be inactive until all the items required for connection are entered.

Selecting Swift as institutional storage

■ Items required for authentication to OpenStack Swift

Item

Input Type

Contents

Authentication (Keystone) Version

dropdown

OpenStack Swift version

Authentication URL

text input

OpenStack Swift authentication URL

Tenant name

text input

Target tenant name

Project Domain name

text input

Target project domain name

Username

text input

Target account username (email address)

User Domain name

text input

Target user domain name

Password

text input

Target account password

Container

text input

Target container name

If the connection test is successful, ‘Credentials are valid’ will be displayed. Then, proceed to step ④.
If the connection test fails, ‘Unable to list containers. Listing containers is required permission.’ will be displayed.
Please correct the error and click the ‘Connect’ button again.
④Click the 'Save' button to save the institutional storage settings.

Selecting Swift as institutional storage

(2)Selecting Amazon S3 as institutional storage

Display

①On the 'Institutional Storage' screen, enter an arbitrary storage name in the 'Name' form, select Amazon S3, and click the 'Save' button.

Selecting Amazon S3 as institutional storage

②A confirmation screen will be displayed for changing the institutional storage.
If you agree to the change, enter the character string after 'Type the following to continue:' in the form and click the 'Change' button.
If you do not agree with the change, you can return to the previous screen by clicking the 'Cancel' button.

Selecting Amazon S3 as institutional storage

③The input screen for authentication and settings information will be displayed. Fill out each form according to the following and click the 'Connect' button to perform a connection test.
Please note that the 'Connect' button will be inactive until all the items required for connection are entered.

Selecting Amazon S3 as institutional storage

■ Items required for authentication to Amazon S3

Item

Input Type

Contents

Access Key

text input

S3 Access Key

Secret Key

text input

S3 Secret Key

Bucket

text input

Target Bucket Name

If the connection test fails, the error content will be displayed. Correct the error and click the 'Connect' button again. If the connection test is successful, 'Credentials are valid' will be displayed. Then, proceed to step ④.
⑤Click the 'Save' button to save the institutional storage settings.

Selecting Amazon S3 as institutional storage

(3)Selecting S3 Compatible Storage as institutional storage

Display

①On the 'Institutional Storage' screen, enter an arbitrary storage name in the 'Name' form, select S3 Compatible Storage, and click the 'Save' button.

Selecting S3 Compatible Storage as institutional storage

②A confirmation screen will be displayed for changing the institutional storage.
If you agree to the change, enter the character string after 'Type the following to continue:' in the form and click the 'Change' button.
If you do not agree with the change, you can return to the previous screen by clicking the 'Cancel' button.

Selecting S3 Compatible Storage as institutional storage

③The input screen for authentication and settings information will be displayed. Fill out each form according to the following and click the 'Connect' button to perform a connection test.
* Please note that the 'Connect' button will be inactive until all the items required for connection are entered.

Selecting S3 Compatible Storage as institutional storage

■ Items required for authentication to S3 Compatible Storage

Item

Input Type

Contents

Endpoint URL

text input

Endpoint URL (Host Name)

Access Key

text input

S3 Compatible Storage Access key

Secret Key

text input

S3 Compatible Storage Secret key

Bucket

text input

Target Bucket Name

If the connection test fails, the error content will be displayed. Correct the error and click the 'Connect' button again. If the connection test is successful, 'Credentials are valid' will be displayed. Then, proceed to step ④.
④Click the 'Save' button to save the institutional storage settings.

Selecting S3 Compatible Storage as institutional storage