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Chapter 2. Accessing the Multicloud Object Gateway with your applications

You can access the object service with any application targeting AWS S3 or code that uses AWS S3 Software Development Kit (SDK). Applications need to specify the Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) endpoint, an access key, and a secret access key. You can use your terminal or the MCG CLI to retrieve this information.

For information on accessing the RADOS Object Gateway (RGW) S3 endpoint, see Accessing the RADOS Object Gateway S3 endpoint.

Prerequisites

  • A running OpenShift Data Foundation Platform.

  • Download the MCG command-line interface for easier management. 

    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
# yum install mcg
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    Note

    Specify the appropriate architecture for enabling the repositories using the subscription manager.

    • For IBM Power, use the following command: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms
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    • For IBM Z infrastructure, use the following command: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-s390x-rpms
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  • Alternatively, you can install the MCG package from the OpenShift Data Foundation RPMs found at Download RedHat OpenShift Data Foundation page.

    Note

    Choose the correct Product Variant according to your architecture.

You can access the relevant endpoint, access key, and secret access key in two ways:

Example 2.1. Example

Accessing the MCG bucket(s) using the virtual-hosted style
If the client application tries to access https://<bucket-name>.s3-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com
<bucket-name>

is the name of the MCG bucket

For example, https://mcg-test-bucket.s3-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com

A DNS entry is needed for mcg-test-bucket.s3-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com to point to the S3 Service.

Important

Ensure that you have a DNS entry in order to point the client application to the MCG bucket(s) using the virtual-hosted style.

Procedure

Run the describe command to view information about the Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) endpoint, including its access key (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID value) and secret access key (AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY value). 

# oc describe noobaa -n openshift-storage
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The output will look similar to the following: 

Name:         noobaa
Namespace:    openshift-storage
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  noobaa.io/v1alpha1
Kind:         NooBaa
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2019-07-29T16:22:06Z
  Generation:          1
  Resource Version:    6718822
  Self Link:           /apis/noobaa.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/openshift-storage/noobaas/noobaa
  UID:                 019cfb4a-b21d-11e9-9a02-06c8de012f9e
Spec:
Status:
  Accounts:
    Admin:
      Secret Ref:
        Name:           noobaa-admin
        Namespace:      openshift-storage
  Actual Image:         noobaa/noobaa-core:4.0
  Observed Generation:  1
  Phase:                Ready
  Readme:

  Welcome to NooBaa!
  -----------------

  Welcome to NooBaa!
    -----------------
    NooBaa Core Version:
    NooBaa Operator Version:

    Lets get started:

    1. Connect to Management console:

      Read your mgmt console login information (email & password) from secret: "noobaa-admin".

        kubectl get secret noobaa-admin -n openshift-storage -o json | jq '.data|map_values(@base64d)'

      Open the management console service - take External IP/DNS or Node Port or use port forwarding:

        kubectl port-forward -n openshift-storage service/noobaa-mgmt 11443:443 &
        open https://localhost:11443

    2. Test S3 client:

      kubectl port-forward -n openshift-storage service/s3 10443:443 &
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      NOOBAA_ACCESS_KEY=$(kubectl get secret noobaa-admin -n openshift-storage -o json | jq -r '.data.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID|@base64d')
2 

      NOOBAA_SECRET_KEY=$(kubectl get secret noobaa-admin -n openshift-storage -o json | jq -r '.data.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY|@base64d')
      alias s3='AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$NOOBAA_ACCESS_KEY AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$NOOBAA_SECRET_KEY aws --endpoint https://localhost:10443 --no-verify-ssl s3'
      s3 ls


    Services:
      Service Mgmt:
        External DNS:
          https://noobaa-mgmt-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com
          https://a3406079515be11eaa3b70683061451e-1194613580.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com:443
        Internal DNS:
          https://noobaa-mgmt.openshift-storage.svc:443
        Internal IP:
          https://172.30.235.12:443
        Node Ports:
          https://10.0.142.103:31385
        Pod Ports:
          https://10.131.0.19:8443
      serviceS3:
        External DNS:
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          https://s3-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com
          https://a340f4e1315be11eaa3b70683061451e-943168195.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com:443
        Internal DNS:
          https://s3.openshift-storage.svc:443
        Internal IP:
          https://172.30.86.41:443
        Node Ports:
          https://10.0.142.103:31011
        Pod Ports:
          https://10.131.0.19:6443
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access key (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID value)
2
secret access key (AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY value)
3
MCG endpoint

Prerequisites

  • Download the MCG command-line interface. 

    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
# yum install mcg
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    Note

    Specify the appropriate architecture for enabling the repositories using the subscription manager.

    • For IBM Power, use the following command: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    • For IBM Z infrastructure, use the following command: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-s390x-rpms
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Procedure

Run the status command to access the endpoint, access key, and secret access key: 

noobaa status -n openshift-storage
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The output will look similar to the following: 

INFO[0000] Namespace: openshift-storage
INFO[0000]
INFO[0000] CRD Status:
INFO[0003] ✅ Exists: CustomResourceDefinition "noobaas.noobaa.io"
INFO[0003] ✅ Exists: CustomResourceDefinition "backingstores.noobaa.io"
INFO[0003] ✅ Exists: CustomResourceDefinition "bucketclasses.noobaa.io"
INFO[0004] ✅ Exists: CustomResourceDefinition "objectbucketclaims.objectbucket.io"
INFO[0004] ✅ Exists: CustomResourceDefinition "objectbuckets.objectbucket.io"
INFO[0004]
INFO[0004] Operator Status:
INFO[0004] ✅ Exists: Namespace "openshift-storage"
INFO[0004] ✅ Exists: ServiceAccount "noobaa"
INFO[0005] ✅ Exists: Role "ocs-operator.v0.0.271-6g45f"
INFO[0005] ✅ Exists: RoleBinding "ocs-operator.v0.0.271-6g45f-noobaa-f9vpj"
INFO[0006] ✅ Exists: ClusterRole "ocs-operator.v0.0.271-fjhgh"
INFO[0006] ✅ Exists: ClusterRoleBinding "ocs-operator.v0.0.271-fjhgh-noobaa-pdxn5"
INFO[0006] ✅ Exists: Deployment "noobaa-operator"
INFO[0006]
INFO[0006] System Status:
INFO[0007] ✅ Exists: NooBaa "noobaa"
INFO[0007] ✅ Exists: StatefulSet "noobaa-core"
INFO[0007] ✅ Exists: Service "noobaa-mgmt"
INFO[0008] ✅ Exists: Service "s3"
INFO[0008] ✅ Exists: Secret "noobaa-server"
INFO[0008] ✅ Exists: Secret "noobaa-operator"
INFO[0008] ✅ Exists: Secret "noobaa-admin"
INFO[0009] ✅ Exists: StorageClass "openshift-storage.noobaa.io"
INFO[0009] ✅ Exists: BucketClass "noobaa-default-bucket-class"
INFO[0009] ✅ (Optional) Exists: BackingStore "noobaa-default-backing-store"
INFO[0010] ✅ (Optional) Exists: CredentialsRequest "noobaa-cloud-creds"
INFO[0010] ✅ (Optional) Exists: PrometheusRule "noobaa-prometheus-rules"
INFO[0010] ✅ (Optional) Exists: ServiceMonitor "noobaa-service-monitor"
INFO[0011] ✅ (Optional) Exists: Route "noobaa-mgmt"
INFO[0011] ✅ (Optional) Exists: Route "s3"
INFO[0011] ✅ Exists: PersistentVolumeClaim "db-noobaa-core-0"
INFO[0011] ✅ System Phase is "Ready"
INFO[0011] ✅ Exists:  "noobaa-admin"

#------------------#
#- Mgmt Addresses -#
#------------------#

ExternalDNS : [https://noobaa-mgmt-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com https://a3406079515be11eaa3b70683061451e-1194613580.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com:443]
ExternalIP  : []
NodePorts   : [https://10.0.142.103:31385]
InternalDNS : [https://noobaa-mgmt.openshift-storage.svc:443]
InternalIP  : [https://172.30.235.12:443]
PodPorts    : [https://10.131.0.19:8443]

#--------------------#
#- Mgmt Credentials -#
#--------------------#

email    : admin@noobaa.io
password : HKLbH1rSuVU0I/souIkSiA==

#----------------#
#- S3 Addresses -#
#----------------#
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ExternalDNS : [https://s3-openshift-storage.apps.mycluster-cluster.qe.rh-ocs.com https://a340f4e1315be11eaa3b70683061451e-943168195.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com:443]
ExternalIP  : []
NodePorts   : [https://10.0.142.103:31011]
InternalDNS : [https://s3.openshift-storage.svc:443]
InternalIP  : [https://172.30.86.41:443]
PodPorts    : [https://10.131.0.19:6443]

#------------------#
#- S3 Credentials -#
#------------------#
2 

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID     : jVmAsu9FsvRHYmfjTiHV
3 

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY : E//420VNedJfATvVSmDz6FMtsSAzuBv6z180PT5c

#------------------#
#- Backing Stores -#
#------------------#

NAME                           TYPE     TARGET-BUCKET                                               PHASE   AGE
noobaa-default-backing-store   aws-s3   noobaa-backing-store-15dc896d-7fe0-4bed-9349-5942211b93c9   Ready   141h35m32s

#------------------#
#- Bucket Classes -#
#------------------#

NAME                          PLACEMENT                                                             PHASE   AGE
noobaa-default-bucket-class   {Tiers:[{Placement: BackingStores:[noobaa-default-backing-store]}]}   Ready   141h35m33s

#-----------------#
#- Bucket Claims -#
#-----------------#

No OBC's found.
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endpoint
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access key
3
secret access key

You now have the relevant endpoint, access key, and secret access key in order to connect to your applications.

Example 2.2. Example

If AWS S3 CLI is the application, the following command will list the buckets in OpenShift Data Foundation: 

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID>
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
aws --endpoint <ENDPOINT> --no-verify-ssl s3 ls
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