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- # Object Storage Console
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+ # Object Storage Management Console
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- [ Overview] ( #overview )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: Features] ( #object-storage-console-features )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: Dashboard] ( #object-storage-console-dashboard )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: Object Storage] ( #object-storage-console-object-storage )
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+ - [ Management Console: Features] ( #management-console-features )
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+ - [ Management Console: Object Storage] ( #management-console-object-storage )
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- [ Object Storage: Buckets Stores] ( #object-storage-buckets-stores )
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- [ Object Storage: Gateway & Cache] ( #object-storage-gateway--cache )
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- [ Object Storage: Pricing] ( #object-storage-pricing )
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- [ Object Storage: Documentation] ( #object-storage-documentation )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: Billing] ( #object-storage-console-billing )
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- - [ Billing: Usage Reports] ( #billing-usage-reports )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: User Profile] ( #object-storage-console-user-profile )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How-Tos] ( #object-storage-console-how-tos )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How to log in] ( #object-storage-console-how-to-log-in )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How to navigate through Dashboard] ( #object-storage-console-how-to-navigate-through-dashboard )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How to create a MinIO Instance] ( #object-storage-console-how-to-create-a-minio-instance )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How to delete a MinIO Instance] ( #object-storage-console-how-to-delete-a-minio-instance )
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- - [ Object Storage Console: How to configure a MinIO Instance] ( #object-storage-console-how-to-configure-a-minio-instance )
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- - [ MinIO Console: Features] ( #minio-console-features )
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- - [ MinIO Console: How-Tos] ( #minio-console-how-tos )
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- - [ MinIO Console: How to log in via CWM MinIO Instance Credentials] ( #minio-console-how-to-log-in-via-cwm-minio-instance-credentials )
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+ - [ Management Console: User Profile] ( #management-console-user-profile )
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+ - [ Management Console: Tasks Queue] ( #management-console-tasks-queue )
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+ - [ Management Console: How-Tos] ( #management-console-how-tos )
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+ - [ Management Console: How to create an instance] ( #management-console-how-to-create-an-instance )
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+ - [ Management Console: How to configure an instance] ( #management-console-how-to-configure-an-instance )
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+ - [ Management Console: How to delete an instance] ( #management-console-how-to-delete-an-instance )
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## Overview
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- The CWM Object Storage Console provides a simple and easy-to-use WebUI to make
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- use of CWM Object Storage offerings. With the help of this Console, a user can
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- easily manage the MinIO instances according to the workload requirements.
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+ The CWM Object Storage [ Management Console] ( https://objectstorage.cloudwm.com/ )
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+ provides a simple and easy-to-use WebUI to make use of CWM Object Storage
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+ offerings. Using the Management Console, users can easily manage the CWM Object
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+ Storage instances according to their workload requirements.
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- The following sections discuss all the available features of the Console (CWM
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- Object Storage and MinIO instance) and how to use them effectively to make the
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- most of Console/WebUI.
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+ Management Console:
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- ** NOTE** : The terms Console and WebUI are used interchangeably throughout this
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- documentation. However, please observe the distinction between CWM Object
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- Storage Console/WebUI and MinIO's Console/WebUI.
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+ ![ Overview] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/overview.png )
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- ## Object Storage Console: Features
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+ ## Management Console: Features
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- The left panel of the Console provides the major supported features:
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+ The left panel of the Management Console provides the supported features:
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- ![ Left Panel] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/left-panel.png )
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- The following features are provided:
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- - Dashboard
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- Object Storage
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- Buckets Stores
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- Gateway & Cache
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- Pricing
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- Documentation
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- - Billing
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- - Usage Reports
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- - User Profile
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- ### Object Storage Console: Dashboard
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+ Left Panel:
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- The ** Dashboard** is the first screen that you see after logging in to the
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- Console. It provides a holistic view of all the MinIO instances, their health,
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- usage statistics, etc. Also, the stats provided by the Dashboard can be used to
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- create analytics reports for decision-making purposes.
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+ ![ Left Panel] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/left-panel.png )
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- ### Object Storage Console: Object Storage
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+ The Management Console also provides the ** User Profile** and ** Tasks Queue**
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+ features.
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- The ** Object Storage** section from the left panel is the section that
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- specifically provides the options related to object storage:
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+ ### Management Console: Object Storage
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- - Object Storage
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- - Buckets Stores
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- - Gateway & Cache
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- - Pricing
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- - Documentation
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+ The ** Object Storage** section from the left panel expands the supported
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#### Object Storage: Buckets Stores
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- The Buckets Stores provides options to create, delete, configure, search, etc.
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- the MioIO instances. The instance related options are available by clicking on
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- the specific instance.
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+ The ** Buckets Stores** feature allows the users to create, delete, configure,
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+ search, and perform other instance-related operations. The instance-related
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+ options are available by clicking on the specific instance.
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+ Example:
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![ Buckets Stores' Overview] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/buckets-stores-overview.png )
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#### Object Storage: Gateway & Cache
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- The ** Gateway & Cache** provides the option to choose between cloud storage
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- alternatives for a CWM MinIO instance e.g. CloudWM, AWS S3, Azure Blob Store,
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- Google Object Store. This makes it easy to migrate from on-prem MinIO infra to
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- CWM without any vendor-locking of the object storage itself. This may also be
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- helpful to create redundancy by configuring the multiple object storage
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- solutions with the CWM MinIO instance .
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+ The ** Gateway & Cache** feature provides the option to choose the alternative
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+ cloud storage providers such as CloudWM, AWS S3, Azure Blob Store, Google Object
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+ Store. This option makes it easy to migrate from on-prem infra to CWM without
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+ any vendor-locking of the object storage itself. This may also be helpful to
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+ create redundancy by configuring multiple object storage solutions with the CWM
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+ instances .
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#### Object Storage: Pricing
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- The ** Pricing** section provides the price structure for CWM Object Storage
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- offerings for the MinIO's Buckets Stores, and Gateway & Cache.
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+ The ** Pricing** feature provides the price structure for CWM Object Storage for
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+ its ** Buckets Stores** and ** Gateway & Cache** offerings .
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#### Object Storage: Documentation
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- The ** Documentation** section provides the help on configuring and the usage of
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- ### Object Storage Console: Billing
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+ The ** Documentation** section provides the help on how to configure and use the
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- The ** Billing** section provides an overview of the billed amount for the MinIO
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+ ### Management Console: User Profile
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- #### Billing: Usage Reports
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+ The ** User Profile** feature provides the features to reset your password,
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+ enable/disable multi-factor authentication, configure your preferences, etc. You
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+ can navigate to your profile by clicking on the User Profile icon ![ User Profile
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+ Icon] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/user-profile-icon.png ) in the top-right
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- Under the ** Usage Reports** section, you can see the billing summaries, filter
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+ ### Management Console: Tasks Queue
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+ The ** Tasks Queue** feature of the Management Console helps you keep track of
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+ the multiple parallel tasks.
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- The Console provides the features to reset your password, enable/disable
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- multi-factor authentication, configure your preferences, etc. You can navigate
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- to your profile by clicking on the User Profile icon
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- ![ User Profile Icon] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/user-profile-icon.png )
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- ## Object Storage Console: How-Tos
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The following how-tos provide the general insights into the usage of CWM Object
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- ### Object Storage Console: How to log in
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- - Log in to [ Object Storage Console] ( https://objectstorage.cloudwm.com/login ) .
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- ![ Log in screen] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/log-in-screen.png )
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- - Enter your credentials or log in with the other available options e.g. Google,
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- ### Object Storage Console: How to create a MinIO Instance
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- Make sure that you're logged in.
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![ Create Instance Demo] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/demo-create-instance.gif )
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- - Click on the ** Actions** button
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- ![ Delete Instance Demo] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/demo-delete-instance.gif )
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- Click on the ** Open** button
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- ![ Open] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/btn-open.png ) of the MinIO instance
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+ ![ Open] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/btn-open.png ) of the instance that
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![ Configure Instance] ( images/console/cwm-object-storage/demo-configure-instance.gif )
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- ## MinIO Console: Features
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** NOTE** : This documentation aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the CWM
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