HP StoreAll Storage - Manual (Page 108)

9 Using HTTP
The HTTP feature allows you to create HTTP file shares for data stored on the cluster. Clients access
the HTTP shares using standard HTTP and HTTPS protocol services.
IMPORTANT: Before configuring HTTP, select an authentication method (either Local Users or
Active Directory). See “Configuring authentication for SMB, FTP, and HTTP” (page 58) for more
information.
The HTTP configuration consists of a configuration profile, a virtual host, and an HTTP share. A
profile defines global HTTP parameters that apply to all shares associated with the profile. The
virtual host identifies the IP addresses and ports that clients will use to access shares associated
with the profile. A share defines parameters such as access permissions and lists the file system to
be accessed through the share.
HTTP is administered from the GUI or CLI. On the GUI, select HTTP from the File Shares list in the
Navigator. The HTTP Config Profiles panel lists the existing configuration profiles and the virtual
hosts configured on the selected profile.
HTTP share types
IBRIX software provides two types of HTTP shares:
•
Standard HTTP shares. These shares are used to access file system data.
•
HTTP-StoreAll REST API (also known as IBRIX Object API) shares.The StoreAll REST API provides
programmatic access to user-stored files and their metadata. The metadata is stored on the
HP StoreAll Express Query database in the IBRIX cluster and provides fast query access to
metadata without scanning the file system. See
“StoreAll REST API” (page 170) for more
information.
See the following section for information on how to create HTTP shares and HTTP-StoreAll REST
API shares.
Process checklist for creating HTTP shares
Use the following checklist for creating HTTP shares.
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