The whole installation process is being done offline, therefore, it is recommended to go through this quick start guide before installing Transporter on your computer/laptop. Follow the four simple steps to install begin using Transporter:
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Step 2: Login into Perifery
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The default username and password for a user are:
Enter the default username and password shared by Perifery team.
Click Login.
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Username – periferyadmin
Password – password
Click Login.
Step 3: Update your password
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Status overview
Status overview of The status overview provides the status for hardware (all the disks and drives) and services are up and running. If any hardware or services are down, the status overview will provide that information.
- This status shows all the hardware/services are working fine.❗ – This status shows all the hardware/services are not up and running as expected.
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This section provides the total storage space of the device and how much space has been consumed. Also, the user will see a A bar view of shows consumed space out of the total space available.
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To copy all (S3 endpoint URL, bucket name, access key, and secret key) in one go, click Copy All and save them into Notepadin a text document. These details will be used to move content into the Transporter.
Copy access URLs and tokens one by one and save them into a notepad.
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By default, the S3 secret key is not visible. To view, click on the eye icon and copy the S3 secret key. |
How to upload content using S3?
Cyberduck is being used for illustrative purposes, but the same information may be used for any application that uses an S3 connection.
Launch Cyberduck and click Open Connection.
Choose Amazon S3 from the dropdown list of protocols.
Fill in the following fields:
Server – The hostname of the Perifery S3 endpoint URL.
Port – A port in the Perifery S3 endpoint URL.
Access Key ID – The Perifery S3 Access Key.
Secret Access Key – The Perifery S3 Secret Key.
Verify that the URL in Cyberduck matches the Perifery S3 Endpoint URL (it is okay if the port is not shown in the Cyberduck URL).
Click Connect to connect to the default Perifery S3 endpoint.
Browse to the target S3 bucket in Cyberduck.
View Content Portal
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Go to Advanced > Manage Content content section. Click Manage Contentcontent, which navigates to the Content Portal to view all the content (bucket, objects, etc.).
To learn more about functionalities like bucket, object, domain, and how to use them, see Using the Content UI. To know about how to configure and utilize these capabilities, see Swarm Content UI.
For the latest Content UI release notes, see Content UI Release Notes.For Transporter users, the documentation provided above will help you safely store content in no time.
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The UI skin of the Content Portal has been improved so you will experience skin difference in images used in the documents. |
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Data migration
This section helps provides a way to move bucket content to a remote S3 destination.
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Click on the Move icon corresponding to the bucket. It displays a form in the sliding panel.
Fill up the required fields marked with asterisks (*):
S3 endpoint URL – Enter the target S3 endpoint URL.
S3 region – Enter the S3 region, which is a geographic area of the storage if required by the remote storage vendor.
S3 bucket – Enter the target S3 bucket where the content is to be moved.
Remote folder – An optional Enter the folder path within the remote bucket. This is optional.
Access key – An Enter an access key for the remote bucket. It must be generated within the remote cloud storage service.
Secret key – An Enter an S3 secret key. It is generated with the access key.
Click Move. A confirmation message appears.
The target remote bucket contains the content moved from the source , and now the source bucket is emptycontains only objects describing the move operation and results.
Report generation
When data is moved irrespective of whether it is failed or successful, the report icon gets enabled for that bucket.
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Click on the reporticon corresponding to the bucket.
Scenario 1: When data is migrated successfully and the report is generated, all the objects available in the selected bucket are displayed along with their object size name and object status. It gives a preview of the bucket content report.
Scenario 2: When the data migration is failed for a bucket and the report is generated, it shows the reason for the data migration failure.
Click Download. It generates the bucket content report in JSONwill either download or pop up in a browser tab depending on how the browser handles the content type of the JSON file.
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Go to the top-right corner of the screen and click on the username. It shows two options, Change password and Logout.
To change the password, select Change password. It displays a form to update the password.
Enter the current password.
Enter a new password.
Re-enter the new password in Confirm password field.
Click Save. A confirmation message appears saying that ‘Password changed successfully'.
Click Logout to sign out of the account.
Contact Support
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