Cloud Storage Gateway:Deploy an on-premises console for a file gate

Virtual machine configuration requirements

The virtual machine (VM) where you deploy the file gateway must meet the following minimum requirements:

• 4 vCPUs (virtual CPUs).

• At least 8 GB of memory.

• At least 100 GB of disk space to install the virtual machine image and system data.

• We recommend that you use Thick Provision for the cache disk to improve I/O performance. The size of a single cache disk must be at least 40 GB.

Installation methods

The installation method and file format depend on your hypervisor. You obtain these files from the CSG console during the gateway creation process.

Step 1: Download the image

1. Log on to the CSG console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Gateways. On the Gateways page, click Create.

2. On the Gateway Information tab, set the following parameters and click Next.

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Enter a name for the gateway. The name must be 1 to 60 characters long and must start with a letter or Chinese character. It can contain letters, Chinese characters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
   Location	Select On-premises.
   Region	Select a region for the file gateway.
   Category	Select Cloud Storage Gateway (CSG). Note This parameter is available only when you set Location to On-premises.
   Type	Select File Gateway.

3. On the Billing Information tab, set the following parameters and click Next.

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Method	Valid values: Pay-as-you-go and Subscription. For more information, see Billable items. If you select Subscription, you must complete the payment on the purchase page after the gateway is created. For more information, see Purchase a CSG instance.
   Expiration Policy	Valid values: Switch to Pay-as-you-go and Release.

4. On the Image Download tab, download the image for your hypervisor to your local machine.

Step 2: Install the image

After you download the image, deploy the CSG gateway in your on-premises data center. For more information, see Deploy a CSG gateway in an on-premises data center.

Step 3: Configure the network

After you install the gateway image, configure the gateway's IP address using the gateway command-line interface (CLI).

1. Start the CSG gateway and open the Linux console terminal.

2. Enter the username and password to access the gateway CLI.

   The default username is root and the default password is Alibaba#sgw#1030.

3. Select a language.

   Select English for configuration because some virtual machine versions have issues with Chinese language support.

   

Select Configure the Date/time to configure the NTP server.

Step 4: Activate the gateway

1. Log on to the CSG console.

2. Activate the gateway.

   1. Find the target file gateway and click Certificate Download to download the certificate to your on-premises environment.

   2. Open a browser and enter https://<IP address of the file gateway> in the address bar to access the gateway's on-premises console.

   3. On the Cloud Storage Gateway Register page, set the following parameters and click Submit.

      • Upload Certificate: Click Upload Certificate and select the certificate that you downloaded.

        Note

        To register the gateway, you must provide the AccessKey pair of a RAM user. Get the AccessKey pair from the Profile page.

      • Access Key ID: Enter the Access Key ID of the RAM user.

      • Access Key Secret: Enter the Access Key Secret of the RAM user.

      • Username: Set the username for the gateway's on-premises console.

      • Password: Set the password for the gateway's on-premises console.

      • Confirm Password: Enter the password again.

   4. After the gateway is activated, log on to the on-premises console of the file gateway.

Related operations

The following additional operations are also available on the Gateways page: