Getting StoragePoint connected to the cloud is simple.
The basic steps are
a.) Get a Cloud Storage Account
b.) Plug in a connection string pointing StoragePoint at your Account
Below, you will find the bare-bones information needed in order to get started with the current crop of cloud adapters. For each Cloud Storage provider this includes:
1.) Sign up link.
2.) Account Information provided by the provider.
3.) How to plug that information into a connection string suitable for use on a StoragePoint Profile.
Please keep in mind that, each StoragePoint adapter also comes with a PDF document describing all of it's supported connection options. For example in addition to account details this would include optional things like retry counts \timeouts\ ssl etc .
Amazon
http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
When you have completed the sign-up process take the Access Key that is provided and the Secret Key and place them into a connection string as follows:
Example:
For an Access Key of: "93MY44FAKE0ACCESS665KEY"
And A Secret Key of: "some884fake90345secretkey21234"
One more parameter is advised and this is a named "Bucket" which will be created within Amazon Storage by StoragePoint in order to hold all of the SharePoint blobs.
And a bucket named "MySharePointBlobs"
Sample connection string:
ACCESSKEY=93MY44FAKE0ACCESS665KEY;
SECRETKEY=some884fake90345secretkey21234;
BUCKET=MySharePointBlobs;
Atmos
http://www.emccis.com/
When you have completed the sign-up process take the UID that is provided and the Secret Key and place them into a connection string as follows:
Example:
For a UID of: "998737698734598987365/SomeUserThingHere"
And A Secret Key of: "some/privategobbldygook="
You would build a connection string with three parameters as follows:
UID=998737698734598987365/SomeUserThing;
Key=some/privategobbldygook=;
ATT
https://www.synaptic.att.com/signup
When you have completed the sign-up process take the UID that is provided and the Secret Key and place them into a connection string as follows:
Example:
For a UID of: "998737698734598987365/SomeUserThingHere"
And A Secret Key of: "some/privategobbldygook="
You would build a connection string with three parameters as follows:
BaseURI=storage.synaptic.att.com;
UID=998737698734598987365/SomeUserThing;
Key=some/privategobbldygook=;
Note that the BaseURI unlike the UID and Key MUST be specified exactly as listed above.
Azure
(You will need a microsoft LiveId. If you do not have one these steps will begin with the process of creating one.)
1. Create a New Windows Azure Account
Before you get started, you need to have a Windows Azure token.
2. Request a token by completing the application here. Tokens are generally issued within a few hours.
3. Once you have received your token, redeem it at http://windows.azure.com.
4. Create a New Windows Azure Storage Project
Login to the Windows Azure Portal at http://windows.azure.com.
5. Click New Project, and then select Storage Account.
6. Enter a project label (such as davidtododb) and click Next.
7. Enter the same name for the Storage Account Name. Check to make sure the account is available and then click Create.
8. At the end of this process you will receive a set of EndPoints and a Primary Access Key.
9. This is the information you will need in order to build a connection string and use the Azure Adapter for StoragePoint.
Example Endpoint:
http://storagepoint.blob.core.windows.net/
Take the first segment of the EndPoint (in the example this portion is highlighted) and this will be the value to use for an "AccountName". In this case: storagepoint
Take the Primary (or Secondary) Access Key and this is the value to use as a "Key". In this case: myprivatekeystringofbase64junk==;
One more parameter is advised and this is a "Container" which will be created within Azure Blob Storage by StoragePoint in order to hold all of the SharePoint blobs. In our example let's call this SharePointBlobs
A connection string is the complete list of semi-colon delimited name\value pairs.
Thus you should have something similar to:
AccountName=storagepoint;
Key=myprivatekeystringofbase64junk==;
Container=SharePointBlobs;
RackSpace
https://www.rackspacecloud.com/signup
Only the "Cloud Files" service is required for use with the StoragePoint adapter.
Once enrolled you will get a UID and a Secret Key.
When you have completed the sign-up process take the UID that is provided and the Secret Key and place them into a connection string as follows:
Example:
For a UID of: "SomeUserIDName"
And A Secret Key of: "some999private947262gobbldy12100675gook87"
One more parameter is advised and this is a named "Container" which will be created within Rackspace Cloud Files by StoragePoint in order to hold all of the SharePoint blobs.
And a container named "MySharePointBlobs"
You would build a connection string with three parameters as follows:
UID=SomeUserIDName;
Key=some999private947262gobbldy12100675gook87;
Container=MySharePointBlobs;
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