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  1. About the Data Vault Administrator Guide
  2. Introduction to the Data Vault
  3. Data Vault Service Startup and Shutdown
  4. Data Vault Configuration
  5. Data Vault SSL Setup
  6. Data Vault ODBC Setup
  7. Data Vault Administration
  8. Data Repartitioning
  9. Partial Data Vault Copy
  10. Archived Data Migration
  11. Bulk File Uploader
  12. Data Vault Administration Tool
  13. Data Vault Logs
  14. User Account Privileges
  15. ssasql Command Line Program
  16. Data Vault Audit Log
  17. Sample Configuration Files

Data Vault Administrator Guide

Data Vault Administrator Guide

Amazon S3 Configuration

Amazon S3 Configuration

To configure Amazon S3 cloud storage as Data Vault archive storage, add the required S3 parameters to the end of the
ssa.ini
file.
[AWS_CONNECTION]
Name of the archive folder for the AWS connection. For example, if the archive folder name is "test":
[AWS_CONNECTION test]
AWS_KEY=
Use the following format:
Amazon Web Services Key
:
Amazon Web Services Secret Key
For example:
AWS_KEY=AKIAI62XJDYYYXXXXXX
:
MFx94W+ZlGTdEXom+21BKBh4Y41y11x1x1x1x1
The length of the key must be greater than 64 characters.
ARCHIVE_NAME=
Name of the AWS storage bucket. For example:
ARCHIVE_NAME=awsBucket
URL=
URL where the storage bucket is created, including the region. For example: use the URL
https://s3.amazonaws.com
for the US East (North Virginia) region. To access different regions, the region name must be part of the URL. For example:
http://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/
For a full list of regions, see Amazon Web Services documentation.

Testing the Connection

Use the
ssadrv
command to validate the connection details you provided in the
ssa.ini
file.
On the machine that hosts the Data Vault service, run the following command:
ssadrv -a aws://<connection name>/<URL>/<Amazon aws bucket>/
For example:
ssadrv -a aws://test/https://s3.amazonaws.com/awsBucket/

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