How to configure Cloudian HyperStore with Dragon Disk S3 Client
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Dragondisk is a file manager that allows users to synchronize files between their local storage and cloud object storage like Amazon S3 or Cloudian. The document provides instructions on how to configure Dragondisk's GUI to integrate with Cloudian. It is determined that Dragondisk's command line tool dgsync.exe is not fully supported for synchronization with Cloudian as it only uploads directories and not individual files. The document outlines the issues with using dgsync.exe and recommends using the GUI version of Dragondisk for Cloudian integration instead.
How to configure Cloudian HyperStore with Dragon Disk S3 Client
- 1. March 10, 2014 Cloudian Sales Engineering KB Collection Dragondisk S3 Client Integration
- 2. I. Introduction Dragondisk is a file manager for Windowsthat allowsclientsto synchronize,copy, move and delete filesbetweentheirlocal storage and a cloud objectstorage such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud drive, includingCloudianS3 objectstorage platform. Dragondisk is a GUI basedclientapplication. In additionto the GUI application,there isa command line utilitycalled: dgsync.exe that is designed to provide the same featuresas the GUI but in command line interface. In the labsof salesengineering it has beendeterminedthat dgsync.exe isnot fully supported withCloudian. This 3rd part applicationis currently defunctand it is possible that at the time Dragondisk ceased to exist,onlya partial integrationto Cloudianwas completed. This technical note documents howto configure CloudianwithDragondisk GUI file manager. A separate sectionwill explainwhywe determinedthat dgsync.exe isnot fullyintegratedwithCloudian.
- 3. II. Dragondisk File Manager Dragondisk is a file manager for Windowsthat allowsclientsto synchronize,copy, move and delete filesbetweenaclient’slocal drive and the cloud(such as Amazon S3, Google Drive,and other S3 compatible storage). This sectionwill demonstrate how to quicklyintegrate the CloudianObject storage software on-premise orhybrid cloudsolutionwith Dragondisk File Manager. For more detailed informationplease visitthe Dragondisk Website’sFAQ. This Technical Note describesthe Dragondisk File Manager for Windows integrationwithCloudian. For more detailson Dragondisk GUI, please referto the Quick Start Guide. 1. Download Dragondisk for Windows here. 2. Followthe Windows Installationprocess and complete the installation. 3. Click on the Dragondisk icon to launch the applicationand you will see this:
- 4. 3. On the upper left-handcorner of the screen, clickon File -> Accounts-> and you will see the followingpop-upwindow: 4. Click on the <New> button and then click on the Provider scroll down button to selectthe provider: “Cloudian Powered Cloud”. Enter the valuesto connect to your Cloudiancluster as in the example below:
- 5. The followingdefinesthe requiredfieldsthatyou will needto enter: Service Endpoint fullyqualifieds3.<company>.com that you definedduringyour Cloudian installation. The defaultS3 domain ina Cloudianinstallationis s3.cloudian.com. Enter the domain name that appliesto your environment. Account Name user-definedvariable thatyouwish to label this S3 bucket/folder Access Key your account’s Access that is available foryou to copy from your Cloudian CMC: loginas the user, Clickon Account-> SecurityCredentialsand thencopy and paste the Access Keyvalue. Secret Key while at the CloudianCMC in the Security Credentialswindowas describedabove,click on View Secret Key and thencopy and paste the value intothis field HTTP Port the defaultport in Cloudianis18080 HTTPS Port the defaultSSL/HTTPS port is 18443 Clickon the <OK> tab. You will returnback to the main Dragondisk GUI. Simplyclick the scroll down arrow on the upperlefthand corner of the screenby the Root prompt and you may selectthe appropriate local file systemfolderor cloudbucket/folderfrom Cloudian.
- 6. III. dgsync.exe Dragondisk’s dgsync.exe isthe command line tool that let’syou schedule backups. The Dragondisk GUI does not provide any scheduledbackup features. The followingshowsattemptsto integrate thisutilitywithCloudian. However we realizedthat the code has problemswith performinga PUT, we noticedit onlyputs directories,howeverisfine with performinga GET. We therefore conclude that dgsync.exe is not fully integratedwithCloudian’s object storage platform. 1. The syntax to run dgysnc isas following: dgsync.exe -A008a2726cbfb345d736f-S y3CsJ9Jy6NK8JuRO382hsjauOAOeas5YUcR/TYZU--endpoint s3.cloudian.jp "C:/temp/""http://anna01.s3.cloudian.jp/temp/" -A = Access key -S = Secretkey --endpoint=your S3 domainname,intheaboveitis: s3.cloudian.jp “C:/temp/”= sourcedirectoryresidingin my localdrive “http://anna.01.s3.cloudian.jp/temp”=syntaxto accesstheuser’sbucketandfolder: anna01isthebucket,/temp isa folder residingunder thebucket. 2. The problemwith the above,although upon runningthe command, it resultsin success per the output revealedinverbose mode: PUTn n application/octet-streamn Sun,09 Mar 2014 19:35:53GMTn /anna01/temp/Cloudian%20Cisco%20Test%20Plan%20and%20Results%20-Cisco%20Sept%2020 13.docx 3. However, when I checkedthe Data Explorerin the CMC the fileswere not uploadedsuccessfully. However,performinga GET proved to be successful: dgsync.exe-D -v -A008a2726cbfb345d736f -S y3CsJ9Jy6NK8JuRO382hsjauOAOeas5YUcR/TYZU--endpoint s3.cloudian.jp "http://anna01.s3.cloudian.jp/temp/""C:/temp" 4. Finallyto note,if you needto change the defaultport numbers (default: 80/443 for HTTP/HTTPS) using the –port argument, the command line doesnot seemto pass this value into the server. During our integrationtests in the labs we noticedthat if the Cloudianobjectstorage isconfiguredwith 18080/18443 ports the command fails.However,whenwe changed the Cloudianlisteningport to 80/443 the command succeeds.