Getting started with NAS

Available in VPC

The Getting started with NAS (VPC) describes what you must do to properly use NAS after checking the NAS user environment and fully understanding the complete usage scenarios and glossary. The following is the content dealt with in Getting started with NAS (VPC):

• How to create a server
• How to configure the server access environment
• How to access the server
• How to create NAS volume

Create servers

To create a server from the NAVER Cloud Platform console, follow these steps:

1. Access the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Compute > Server in order.
3. Click the Server menu.
4. Click the [Create server] button.
5. Select a server image and click the [Next] button.
6. Enter the required information, and then click the [Next] button.
7. Set the authentication key or create a new one, and then click the [Next] button.
8. Set the ACG or create new ACG, and then click the [Next] button.
9. After the final confirmation, click the [Create server] button.

Set server access environment

Set the public IP and firewall (ACG) to access the created server, and check the name and password of the administrator, which are needed to access the server.

• Set public IP
• Set firewall (ACG)
• Check admin password

Set public IP

To set up a public IP to access the created server, follow these steps:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, click Services > Compute > Server in order
2. Click the Public IP menu.
3. Click [Request public IP].
4. Select a server to be applied and click the [Next] button.
5. After the final check, click the [Create] button.

Set firewall (ACG)

To set up a firewall for network access control, follow these steps:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, click Services > Compute > Server in order.
2. Click the ACG menu.
3. Select the ACG to set rules for, and then click the [Set ACG] button.
4. Enter the protocol, access source/destination, and allowed port (service), and click the [Add] button.
   • Up to 100 rules can be added.
5. After you set all of the rules, click the [Apply] button.

Check admin password

To check the admin password for server access, follow these steps:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, click Services > Compute > Server in order.
2. Click the Server menu.
3. Select the server to check the admin password.
4. Click the [Manage servers and change settings] button, and then click Check admin password.
5. Attach the authentication key file generated while creating a server.
   • You can attach the authentication key file by dragging and dropping it in the Drag a file with the mouse or click here area.
   • You can attach the authentication key file by clicking the Drag a file with the mouse or click here area and selecting it.
6. Click the [Check password] button.

Access the server

You can access the created server (Linux or Windows) after carrying out all preparations for server access.

For more information on accessing the Linux server, see the Linux server access guide, and for more information on accessing the Windows server, see Windows server access guide.

Create NAS volume

To use NAS, a NAS volume must be created first to save the data shared among servers. To create a NAS volume from the NAVER Cloud Platform console, follow these steps:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, click Services > Storage > NAS in order.
2. Click the Volume menu.
3. Click the [Create NAS volume] button.
   
4. When the NAS volume creation page appears, proceed with the following steps in order:
   • 1. Create volume
   • 2. Set access control
   • 3. Final confirmation

1. Create volume

1. Select the zone where the NAS volume will be created.

2. Enter the NAS volume name and volume capacity.

   • You can enter 3 to 20 characters as the volume name using English letters, numbers, or a combination of English letters and numbers
   • A customer identification number starting with "n" is automatically generated before the entered volume name to identify customers
   • The default volume capacity ranges from 500 GB to 20,000 GB. Additions can be made in units of 100 GB

3. Select a protocol to apply to the NAS volume.

   • When NFS is selected, it can be mounted on Linux servers such as CentOS and Ubuntu
   • When CIFS is selected, it can be mounted on Windows servers

4. Select the volume encryption application status.

   • Volume encryption is applied to each volume and can only be set when the volume is first created.
   Note

   The volume encryption function of the NAS can encrypt all data that is saved using software-based encryption technology at the volume level.

   • Unique encryption key: internally managed by the storage system (AES-256 algorithm is applied to each volume)
   • Encryption module (CryptoMod): compliant with the FIPS-140-2 level 1

5. Select the volume return protection status.

6. Click the [Next] button.

2. Set access control

The setting page is displayed differently depending on the protocol selected while creating the volume. Complete settings according to the selected protocol and click [Next].

• When the NFS protocol is selected
• When the CIFS protocol is selected

When the NFS protocol is selected

The NFS access control setting page is displayed. Select the server to allow access from the list of all servers and click the / button to add or delete.

• ACL setting: servers added to Read/Write have the read and write access permissions for the NAS volume.
• ACL setting: servers added to Read Only have the read access permission for the NAS volume.

When the CIFS protocol is selected

The CIFS authentication information setting page is displayed. Enter the ID and password.

• ACL setting: servers added to Read/Write have the read and write access permissions for the NAS volume.
• ACL setting: servers added to Read Only have the read access permission for the NAS volume.

3. Final confirmation

1. Check the settings and click the [Create volume] button.
2. View the mount information in the create NAS volume popup window and click the [OK] button.
   • The NAS volume can be mounted on the server using the mount information displayed in the popup window.