Add An Alibaba Cloud Storage
In order to integrate Alibaba Cloud with MetaDefender Storage Security please follow these steps:
- From the left side menu, navigate to Storage units, and from the Object Storage tab, choose Add Alibaba Cloud Storage
Give your storage a name so you can easily identify it later
Enter the Endpoint URL for Access Over Internet. Scroll to the end of this page for more details.
There are two ways to connect:
- via the RAM role from the ECS instance (If you choose this option, skip the following two steps and continue from step 7)
- using security credentials
Enter your Access Key ID. Scroll to the end of this page for more details.
Enter your Access Key Secret . Scroll to the end of this page for more details.
Enter the name of the bucket you wish to process with MetaDefender Storage Security.
If you wish to only process a particular folder enter the name or path of the folder in the Folder location field. Leave this field empty if you wish to process the entire bucket.
Select Add in order to finish the process.
Where can I find the Endpoint URL?
The endpoint URL can be found in the following list of the official documentation of Alibaba Cloud.
https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/object-storage-service/latest/regions-and-endpoints
Where can I find the Access Key ID and Access Key Secret?
To generate an Access Key ID / Access Key Secret pair please follow these steps, explained in the official documentation of Alibaba Cloud.
https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/basics-for-beginners/latest/obtain-an-accesskey-pair
Using RAM role for Alibaba Cloud integration
On Alibaba Cloud integration with RAM, the role configured on the ECS instance will be used to authenticate.
Please use the following links to configure and attach a RAM role to the ESC instance:
https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/alibaba-cloud-sdk-262060/latest/credentials-settings-3
https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/elastic-compute-service/latest/attach-an-instance-ram-role