(Optional) Create a bucket for Data Optimizer

Use this task to manually create a bucket for the Data Optimizer instance.

Note: The best practice is to let Data Optimizer instances create their own buckets.

Perform the following steps in Hitachi Content Platform to create a bucket manually. See the Hitachi Content Platform documentation for more information.

1. In the Content Platform Tenant Management Console, click Namespaces.

   The Namespaces page opens.

2. On the Namespaces page, click Create Namespace.

   The Create Namespace panel opens.

3. Use the following steps to create a namespace:

   1. In the Namespace Owner field, specify the tenant user created in the Create a tenant user account procedure.

   2. Configure Hard Quota to provide adequate capacity for an individual Data Optimizer instance.

   3. Set Cloud Optimized to On.

   4. Set Versioning to On.

   5. Enable version pruning older than 0 days.

4. Use the following steps to enable an access control list (ACL):

   1. In the Tenant Management Console, click Namespaces.

      The Namespaces page opens.

   2. In the list of namespaces, click the name of the Data Optimizer namespace.

   3. Click the Settings tab.

      The Settings panel opens.

   4. On the left side of the Settings panel, click ACLs.

      The ACLs panel opens.

   5. In the ACLs panel, select Enable ACLs.

      A confirmation prompt displays.

   6. Click Enable ACLs.

5. Use the following steps to enable the Hitachi API for Amazon S3:

   1. In the Tenant Management Console, click Namespaces.

      The Namespaces page opens.

   2. In the list of namespaces, click the name of the Data Optimizer namespace.

   3. Click the Protocols tab.

      The Protocols panel opens.

   4. Select Enable Hitachi API for Amazon S3.

      Note: Enable HTTP only if you will not be using TLS.

   5. Click Update Settings.

6. Specify the namespace name in the BUCKET parameter of the Data Optimizer configuration file, /etc/ldo.