Register Storage Account

To perform actions listed in this paragraph properly you need to start the command line interface under local administrative account.

  1. Click on the Windows Start button.
  2. Type cmd.exe in the search line to run the Windows console, then press Enter.
  3. Change you current folder to the CloudBerry Drive installation folder. Type:

cd "C:\Program Files\CloudBerryLab\CloudBerry Drive"

  1. To register an account: To register an Amazon S3 account, type:

    cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st S3 -ac accesskey -sk secretkey -ssl yes/no

    To register an S3-like cloud storage account, type:

    cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st storageType -ac accesskey -sk secretkey -sp servicePoint ssl yes/no

    To register an OpenStack-based cloud storage account, type:

    cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st storageType -ac username -sk apikey -as authService -ssl yes/no

    To register a Microsoft Azure account, type:

    cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st Azure -ac account -sk sharedkey -ssl yes/no

    To register a Google Cloud Storage account, type:

    cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st Google -ac accesskey -sk secretkey -ssl yes/no

Parameters

You can specify the following parameters:

  • -d Specifies display name, can be any of your choice
  • -n new display name
  • -st Specifies storage type, can be one of the following: S3, Azure, Google, Scality, Dunkel, Tiscali, HostEurope, DreamObjects, Seeweb, Connectria, Walrus, Mezeo, OpenStack, RackSpace, Clodo, HPCloud, Haylix, GreenQloud
  • -ac Specifies accessKey, account, queryID or userName depending on a storage you are registering. "Access Key" for Amazon S3 storage; "Account" for Azure storage; "Query ID" for Walrus storage; "User Name" for OpenStack, Rackspace, Clodo and HPCloud storage
  • -sk Specifies secretKey, sharedKey or apiKey depending on a storage you are registering. "Secret Key" for Amazon S3 storage; "Shared key" for Azure storage; or "Api Key" for OpenStack, Rackspace, Clodo or HPCloud storage
  • -sp (optional) Used for service point for AmazonS3-like storage accounts
  • -as (optional) Used for authentication service for OpenStack-based cloud storage accounts
  • -ssl Enables or disables SSL. By default SSL is set to "no"

You can learn more about parametrs for addAccount by entering the following command: cbd.exe addAccount -?