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CenturyLink Cloud's Object Storage service allows administrators to manage users on the storage level. These users are not the same as users in the Control Portal account, and through the S3 protocol, they may be granted limited access to buckets and objects.
Audience
- Bucket Administrators
- Object Administrators
List Storage Users
To find the list of Object Storage users associated with your Control Portal account:
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In the Navigation Menu, click Services > Object Storage. If the account has no active users, you will see a page that looks like this:
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Click on the Users tab.
Create a Storage User
To create a new Object Storage user:
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Navigate to the list of Object Storage users. If the account has no active users, you will see a page that looks like this:
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Click the create user button.
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Click the save button. After the user is created, it will be listed:
Click on the row with the user in order to get details for that user, including the access key ID and secret access key:
Considerations
- The user's email must be globally unique, as the underlying Object Storage implementation uses the email address as the primary means of identification.
- When using tools to access Object Storage, the name and email will not be used; instead, you must use the access key ID and secret access key provided after the user is created.
Disable a Storage User
Users may be disabled and re-enabled. It is not currently possible to delete users. When a user is disabled, its key cannot be used to access your buckets and objects. To disable a user:
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Navigate to the user's details, which may look like this:
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Click the status row:
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Flip the toggle to the desired enabled status, and click the save button.
Enable a Storage User
Users may be re-enabled. To enable a user:
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Navigate to the list of Object Storage users. If the account has no active users, you will see a page that looks like this:
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Use the dropdown box to change your view from enabled to disabled to list disabled users.
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Click the row with the disabled user to see its details:
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Click the status row:
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Flip the toggle to the desired enabled status, and click the save button.
Reset Secret Key
It is possible to change the secret access key for a user. You cannot specify the key, but you can request that the system generates a new one. To reset the secret key:
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Navigate to the list of Object Storage users:
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Click the row with the user to see its details:
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Click the reset secret key button. The secret access key will change.
