You can use the ECS Management GUI to create ECS Users. Log in to the GUI by browsing https://ecsIpaddress as an admin user.
Namespace
If choosing to have compliance enforced, make sure that you use a namespace that has been configured for compliance.
Create the EV user
- On the left side of the task bar, select Manage > Users.
- To create a user, click New Object User.
- Enter the new user name and select the correct Namespace from the drop-down Namespace prompt. Click Next to Add Passwords.
- On the next screen, enter a password in the CAS field.
- Click Set Password.
- Do not enter any details in the S3, Groups, or Swift Password sections.
- Click Generate PEA File.
- Copy the text in the PEA File window, and using a text editor, save this to a file. This is the Process Entry Authorization file used by Enterprise Vault to connect to the CAS Bucket on this ECS.
- Leave the Default Bucket drop-down menu as-is because it has not been created yet.
Create bucket
- In the Management window, in the left pane, click Buckets.
- Click New Bucket.
- Enter the details of the new bucket. Ensure that the Bucket Owner is the CAS user created and that CAS is enabled.
- Change ownership from root to the new user if it is set to root.
- If the Namespace you are using is set up for Compliance, ensure that you set a 1 second default retention period for the Bucket.
- Do not set any retention settings other than 1 second.
- Click Save.
- Return to the CAS user created and add the CAS bucket that you have created as the Default Bucket for the CAS user.
Update the CAS user default bucket
Your new CAS user and CAS bucket have been created and can now be used.