PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Web Administration Guide

Generate secret key

The administrator can generate a secret key for a user.

1. Click Protocols > Objects Storage (S3) .
2. Click the Key Management tab.
3. In the Current access zone list, click the access zone (if any) the user belongs to.
4. Click Select user for whom you want to create the secret key.
   The Search user dialog box appears.
5. In the Search user dialog box, enter the details in the User and Providers fields and click Search.
   The name of the user and if there is any description that is associated with the user, appears in a tabular format. You can click Reset to revert the search process.
6. Select the user from the table and click Select user.
   The user is selected.

   Click Close to exit the Search user dialog box.

7. Click Create a key.
   Access ID and secret key are generated, and the following message appears:

   Created S3 Key.
   S3 key has been created successfully.

8. You can now view the secret key details in a tabular format. The columns are:
   • Type: Displays the type of the key (existing or old)
   • Secret Keys: Click Show key to view the key and Hide key to hide the key.
   • Expiry time: The time for the existing key is not mentioned. If you have created more than one key, the expiry time of the old key is displayed.
   • Creating date: Displays the date and time when the key was created.