Create Storage Gateway

Create Storage Gateway

  1. Go to Storage Gateway service management interface.

    • We will use Region Singapore (ap-southeast-1) if the region is changed. Create Storage Gateway

    • Click Create gateway. Create Storage Gateway

  2. In the Gateway settings section:

    • In the Gateway name section, type filesgw. Create Storage Gateway

  3. In the Platform options section, select Amazon EC2.

    • Click Customize your settings. Create Storage Gateway

  4. Drag the screen down, select I completed all the steps above and launched the EC2 instance.

    • Click Next. Create Storage Gateway

  5. In the Gateway settings:

    • In the Gateway name section, type 54.179.17.167 (Public IP of the Instance we created). Create Storage Gateway

    • Click Next. Create Storage Gateway

  6. In the Review and activate page, click Next. Create Storage Gateway

  7. In the Configure cache storage section, in the Allocated to field, select Cache.

    The Configure cache storage section needs some minutes to load.

    • In the CloudWatch log group section, select Deactivate logging. Create Storage Gateway

  8. In the CloudWatch alarms section:

    • Click No alarm.
    • Then select Configure. Create Storage Gateway

*Finished creating Gateway Create Storage Gateway

Configure SMB

When you use SMB File share for a Windows machine, you need to configure access setting for SMB:

  1. Go to Storage Gateway service management interface.

    • Click Gateways.
    • Select the Gateway we created.
    • Click Actions.
    • Click Edit SMB settings.
    • Click Guest access settings. Create Storage Gateway

  2. In the Guest password section, type your password and remember to use.

    • Click Save changes. Create Storage Gateway