Symptoms

 Your organization requires that you change your S3 keys on a regular basis in order to ensure security. 

Purpose

This article provides the steps required to switch your S3 keys for a new set. These instructions will be performed on a recurring basis. This article assumes you know how to create/obtain/deactivate S3 keys in the AWS console.

Resolution

• 1. Log into your instance using SSH.

• • For guidance on how to connect to your Linux instance, click here.
  • For Guidance on how to connect to your Windows Instance, click here.

• 2. Log into AWS, and create new keys via the Amazon AWS console, under IAM Management. Deactivate the old keys.
• 3. Encrypt the new key using the cmd_encrypt.php utility in your command shell.

• 4. Insert the output into /var/www/softnas/config/s3config.ini instead of the old awsAccessKey and awsSecretKey entries.

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• 5. Reboot the instance.
• 6. Confirm that the S3-backed volumes remain accessible and operational.

Outage required:

None.