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Nutanix Integration with Backblaze B2
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    Nutanix Integration with Backblaze B2

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      You can integrate Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage as a tiering target for Nutanix.

      Enable Backblaze B2

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the user menu in the upper-right corner of the page, select My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
        A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public.
        Note
        You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
        Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading.
        Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily access files. If this is your first time creating a public bucket, complete the following tasks to ensure that you have the correct permissions to create a public bucket:

        1. Verify your email address.
        2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value later.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.

      Create an Application Key

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name.
        You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. Key names are limited to 100 characters and can contain letters, numbers, and "-", but not I18N characters, such as é, à, and ü.
      4. Select All or select a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) menu.
      5. Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
      6. Optionally, select Allow List All Bucket Names.
        This option is required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations.
      7. Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix.
        Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
      8. Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires.
        The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
      9. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Set Up Nutanix with Backblaze B2

      Object Configuration

      1. Open Nutanix and select Admin Center in the dropdown menu to open the Nutanix Marketplace.

      2. In the Nutanix Marketplace, confirm that both Files and Objects applications are installed.

      3. In the dropdown menu, select Infrastructure > Objects under “Unified Storage.”

      4. Select the desired object store to open its summary and configuration panels.

      5. Note:

        If there are no object stores under Object Stores, you must create one by selecting Create Object Storage.

        5. Select Endpoints > Cloud Bucket Endpoints to open the endpoints panel.

        Note:

        If there are no cloud bucket endpoints, you will first need to create one by selecting Add Cloud Bucket Endpoint and then completing the necessary fields:

        1. In the Endpoint Provider dropdown menu, select Other S3 Compatible.

        2. In the Service Host field, enter your Backblaze endpoint.

        3. In the Bucket Name field, enter your Backblaze bucket name.

        4. Under Credentials, enter your application key information in the Access Key and Secret Key fields.

        5. Click Add to save your new endpoint configuration.

      6. Select Buckets to open the buckets panel and select the bucket you intend to tier to Backblaze.

      7. Select Lifecycle (if there is no rule setup, select Create Rule).

      8. Select the rule and, in the Scope dropdown menu, select All objects. Then click Next to open the Configuration Rule setup.

      9. Select Tiering, then in the Tier dropdown menu select current version, in the endpoint dropdown menu select your Backblaze endpoint, and in the Tier After field input 1 day.

      10. Optional: select Expiration and in the Expire dropdown menu select a version. Then, in the after last creation date field, enter the desired number of days.

      11. Click Next to review and finalize your configuration. If everything looks correct, click Done.

      After one day, the newly configured bucket will tier to the target.

      File Configuration

      1. In the dropdown menu, select Infrastructure and Files under “Unified Storage.”

      2. Select the name of the desired file share under the File Servers list.

      3. Select Data Management > Tiering.

      4. Complete the following steps for the Tiering Configuration:

        • The Tiering Location data can be updated by selecting edit and filling out the configuration fields with the relevant information.

        • Optional: You can set the Capacity Threshold by selecting setting a capacity threshold > Capacity Threshold. Under When to Tier, you can select either Manual or Every Day.

        • Optional: You can configure a tiering policy by selecting Create a Tiering Policy and setting the desired Access Time and File Size.

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