Chapter 4. Creating and managing buckets using MCG object browser

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab.

3. Select one of the following options to create the buckets:

   • Create via Object Bucket Claim

     Note

     For RGW object bucket claims (OBCs), you must use the credentials associated with the OBC to access the newly created bucket. RGW administrator credentials cannot be used to access these buckets.

     1. Select a namespace.
     2. Enter the ObjectBucketClaim name.
     3. Select the storage class.
     4. Select the bucket class
     5. Select the Enable replication to obtain higher resiliency of the objects stored in the buckets.
     6. Click Create using ObjectBucketClaim.

   • Create via S3 API

     1. Enter a name for the bucket.
     2. Add tags with different key and value criteria to tag your bucket.
     3. Click Create.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.

2. Click the Buckets tab.

   All the MCG buckets that are created are listed in the page.

3. Select the required bucket.
4. Click the Details tab.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Click the Objects tab.

4. Select the required object.

   A sidebar pops-up with the object details.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Select the Objects tab.
4. In the options menu corresponding to the required object, select either Download or Preview based on your requirement.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Select the Objects tab.
4. In the options menu corresponding to the required object, select Share with presigned URL.
5. Select the expiration time to set the validity period of the presigned URL
6. Click Create.
7. Copy the generated URL.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Select the Objects tab.

4. In the Add objects section, do one of the following:

   • To upload a folder, click Upload and select the folder that you want to upload.
   • To upload files, drag and drop the files.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Select the Objects tab.
4. Click Create folder.
5. Enter a name for the folder that satisfies the requirements.

6. Click Create.

   You are redirected inside the new folder.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab and select the required bucket.
3. Select the Objects tab.

4. To delete the object, do one of the following:

   • To delete multiple objects together, select multiple objects using the checkbox and then from the Actions menu select Delete.
   • To delete a single object, select the Action menu corresponding to the object and select Delete.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Storage Object Storage.
2. Click the Buckets tab.
3. In the options menu corresponding to the required bucket, select Empty bucket.
4. Enter the bucket name for confirmation and click Empty bucket.
5. After the bucket is empty, in the options menu corresponding to the bucket, select Delete bucket.
6. Enter the bucket name for confirmation and click Delete bucket.