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 Transporter:
Step 1: Connect the Transporter
Connect the Transporter device and your computer/laptop to a switch that is configured for DHCP. Power on the Transporter device that advertises the hostname on Port 9010 and provides browser access over the same network.
Step 2: Login into Perifery
Enter the username and password shared by Perifery team.
Click Login.
Info
The default username and password for a user are:
Username – periferyadmin
Password – password
Step 3: Update your password
Change the default password to a human-readable and memorable password. The new password must be between 8-64 characters including at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one number, and one special character.
This is a one-time update for the onboarding user.
Enter the new password and re-enter it again to confirm.
Click Update Password and Continue.
A confirmation message appears saying that ‘Password updated successfully’.
Step 4: Dashboard
The dashboard screen provides:
Status overview
Status overview of 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.
Storage
This section provides the total storage space of the device and how much space has been consumed. Also, the user will see a bar view of consumed space out of the total space available.
How to connect
Copy access URLs and tokens
There are two ways to copy access URLs and tokens:
To copy all (S3 endpoint URL, bucket name, access key, and secret key) in one go, click Copy All and save them into Notepad. 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.
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?
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
Go to Advanced > Manage Content section. Click Manage Content, 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.
The UI skin of the Content Portal has been improved so you will experience skin difference in images used in the documents.
Data migration
This section helps to move bucket content to a remote S3 destination.
Move bucket
To move a bucket, refer to the following steps:
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 bucket – Enter the target S3 bucket where the content is to be moved.
Remote folder – An optional folder path within the remote bucket.
Access key – An access key for the remote bucket. It must be generated within the remote cloud storage service.
Secret key – 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 empty.
Report generation
When data is moved irrespective of whether it is failed or successful, the report icon gets enabled for that bucket.
Refer to the following steps to generate a report:
Click on the report icon 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 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 JSON.
The Download button remains disabled for failed bucket data migration. For successfull data migration, Download button remains enabled.
User Profile
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
For any query or assistance related to Transporter installation, feel free to contact the Symply Support team.