🇬🇧 eEKAS User Guide - EN
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to eEKAS – a next-generation, Ceph-based storage operating system designed for modern ent...
Hardware Recommendation
When deploying euroNAS eEKAS, selecting the appropriate hardware is essential to ensure optimal p...
Ceph Storage Calculator
This tool helps you estimate usable capacity and fault tolerance for a Ceph cluster based on your...
Cluster Administration
Cluster Administration
Cluster administration in euroNAS eEKAS is central to managing a distributed, high-availability s...
Cluster Creation
eEKAS supports cluster configurations of up to 32 nodes, but for best performance, stability, and...
IP Groups
An IP Group defines the stable service addresses that clients use to access SMB, NFS, S3, and iSC...
Dashboard, Health and Cluster Status
The eEKAS dashboard and Cluster Status view are the first operational views administrators should...
Ceph Status Details, OSDs and Placement Groups
The Ceph Status and Objects / PGs tabs expose detailed health information that is useful for oper...
Monitors, Managers, MDS and MON/MGR Placement
The eEKAS Cluster Status page includes tabs for Monitors, Managers, MDS and MON/MGR Placement. Th...
IP Group – Examples and Validation
These examples show common IP Group designs for file, S3, and iSCSI services. All names and IP ad...
Cluster Drive Management
Cluster Drive Management
Introduction The Cluster Drive Management section of eEKAS provides administrators with a centra...
Replication vs. Erasure Coding
In eEKAS, Cluster Drives use Ceph’s data redundancy mechanisms to protect against hardware failur...
Cluster Drive Creation
Use this procedure to create a new Cluster Drive (Ceph-backed storage) in eEKAS. The example belo...
Understanding OSDs in Ceph
In a Ceph cluster, an OSD (Object Storage Daemon) is the process responsible for storing data o...
Network Management
Share and Target Management
For immutable archive data, expose a protected S3 bucket as an SMB share. See SMB Shares with S...
Overview
eEKAS is a next-generation, Ceph-based storage operating system designed for modern enterprise an...
Shares & Targets - Overview and Concepts
The Shares & Targets area is used to publish cluster storage to client systems. In eEKAS, file sh...
Creating and Managing Shares
Cluster Shares publish eEKAS storage as file services for clients. The Share Management page show...
iSCSI Targets
iSCSI targets present eEKAS storage to client servers as block storage. From the client side, the...
NVMe-oF Targets
NVMe-oF targets provide block access using the NVMe protocol over a network. eEKAS exposes NVMe-o...
IP Groups for Shares and Targets
An IP Group is a high-availability service group. It can contain one or more virtual IP addresses...
WAL/DB Configuration in eEKAS (Ceph OSD Optimization)
Overview In eEKAS, WAL (Write-Ahead Log) and DB (RocksDB metadata) are critical components of Ce...
S3 Object Storage
S3 Object Storage - Overview and Architecture
eEKAS provides an S3-compatible object storage service on top of Ceph. Ceph supplies the distribu...
S3 Service Console - Users and Access Keys
The S3 Service Console is the administrator-facing interface for managing S3 users and access cre...
Bucket Management - Quota, WORM, Policy and Lifecycle
The Buckets tab in the S3 Service Console is the central place for bucket creation and bucket-lev...
Customer Storage, Billing and Usage
The Customer Storage / Billing tab connects S3 administration with customer-oriented service work...
S3 Topology - Realms, Zonegroups and Zones
The Topology tab exposes Ceph RGW topology concepts in the eEKAS GUI. Topology Fields The captur...
S3 Browser - End User Portal and Branding
The eEKAS S3 Browser is the end-user portal for S3 access. It is separate from the administrator-...
Operational Checklist and Troubleshooting
Use this checklist before handing an eEKAS S3 service to users or customers. Service Health Check...
SMB Shares with S3 WORM
With eEKAS, you can expose a WORM-protected S3 bucket as an SMB share. Users save files through t...
Snapshots
Snapshots - Overview and Concepts
In eEKAS, the Snapshot section is focused on Ceph-backed storage resources. It shows Ceph snapsho...
Creating and Managing Snapshots
Manual snapshots in eEKAS are created from the Ceph Snapshots page. Use them before maintenance, ...
Snapshot Schedules and Retention
Snapshot schedules automate regular recovery points for eEKAS/Ceph resources. The scheduling wiza...
Restoring Data from Snapshots
Snapshot restore procedures in eEKAS should be planned around the protected Ceph resource and the...
S3 Site Replication
Managed SMB with Active Directory
REST API and Automation
Configure API access, query status and build reliable automation. Getting started, examples and t...
REST API – Getting Started and Automation
The eEKAS REST API lets you retrieve status information and automate recurring administrative tas...
eEKAS REST API Reference
The complete eEKAS REST API reference describes endpoints, parameters, curl examples and HTTP res...
S3 Replication, Backup and Recovery via REST API
Start with REST API – Getting Started and Automation for authentication and client setup. API usa...
S3 Customer Management, Usage and Billing via REST API
Automate customer provisioning, quotas, usage collection and billing with the administrative eEKA...