Configure VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension with OSIS compliant object storage

Integrate any S3-compliant object storage platform by configuring Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS).

Prerequisites

Before you can configure VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension to work with a third-party object storage platform, verify that you have developed an OSIS adapter for the platform. See the VMware Object Storage Interoperability Service - Development Guide.

How to configure VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension with OSIS compliant object storage

OSIS defines a set of management API specifications for VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension.

OSIS allows VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension to communicate with third-party object storage platforms and exchange tenant and user information.

Procedure

1. Configure the OSIS API connection.

   ose osis admin set --name OSIS-platorm-name --url https://osis-adapter-api-server --user username --secret
   password

2. (Optional) If the authentication mode for OSIS is with a bearer API token, set a refresh token.

   ose args set --k oss.platform.OSIS-adapter-name.admin.refresh-token --v refresh-token

   1. To determine the authentication mode of OSIS, run the OSIS API GET /api/info and view the auth_modes property.
3. Configure the third-party object storage platform S3 endpoint.

   ose osis s3 set --name OSIS-platform-name --url https://platform-S3-endpoint 

4. Switch to the third-party object storage platform.

   ose platforms enable osis --name OSIS-platform-name

5. Restart the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension service.

   ose service restart

Results

You can now allow tenant organizations to use the new third-party object storage platform.