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Version: 2.2

Configure an S3 target

You can migrate data to a Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket by configuring one as a target filesystem.

Follow these steps to create an S3 target:

Prerequisites​

You need the following:

  • An S3 bucket.
  • An access key and corresponding secret key for your S3 bucket.

Configure an S3 target filesystem in the UI​

  1. From the Dashboard, select a product under Products.

  2. In the Filesystems & Agents menu, select Filesystems.

  3. Select Add target filesystem.

  4. Enter the following details:

    • Filesystem Type - The type of filesystem target. Select S3.
    • Display Name - Enter a name for your target filesystem.
    • Bucket Name - Enter the reference name of your S3 bucket.
    • Access Key - Enter the access key for your bucket. For example, RANDOMSTRINGACCESSKEY.
    • Secret Key - Enter the secret key that corresponds with your access key. For example, RANDOMSTRINGPASSWORD.
    • S3 Properties - Add the s3 endpoint of your S3-compatible object storage. For example:
      Example custom endpoint
      fs.s3a.endpoint = s3-region0.example-objectStore.com
      Add additional optional properties to your S3 target as key-value pairs.

  5. Select Save. You can now use your S3 target in data migrations.

S3a properties​

Enter additional properties for S3 filesystems by adding them as key-value pairs in the UI or as a comma-separated key-value pair list with the --properties parameter in the CLI. You can overwrite default property values or add new properties.

Default properties​

These properties are defined by default when you add an S3 filesystem. Overwrite them by specifying their keys with new values in key-value pairs.

  • fs.s3a.impl (default org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3AFileSystem): The implementation class of the S3a Filesystem.
  • fs.AbstractFileSystem.s3a.impl (default org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3A): The implementation class of the S3a AbstractFileSystem.
  • fs.s3a.user.agent.prefix (default APN/1.0 WANdisco/1.0 LiveDataMigrator/1.11.6): Sets a custom value that will be pre-pended to the User-Agent header sent in HTTP requests to the S3 back-end by S3aFileSystem.
  • fs.s3a.impl.disable.cache (default true): Disables the S3 filesystem cache when set to 'true'.
  • hadoop.tmp.dir (default tmp): The parent directory for other temporary directories.
  • fs.s3a.connection.maximum (default 120) Defines the maximum number of simultaneous connections to the S3 filesystem.
  • fs.s3a.threads.max (default 150): Defines the total number of threads to make available in the filesystem for data uploads or any other queued filesystem operation.
  • fs.s3a.max.total.tasks (default 60): Defines the number of operations that can be queued for execution at a time.
  • fs.s3a.healthcheck (Default true): Allows the S3A filesystem health check to be turned off by changing true to false. This option is useful for setting up Data Migrator while cloud services are offline. However, when disabled, errors in S3A configuration may be missed, resulting in hard-to-diagnose migration stalls.

Additional properties​

These additional properties are not defined by default. Add them by specifying their keys with values in key-value pairs.

  • fs.s3a.fast.upload.buffer (default disk): Defines how the filesystem will buffer the upload.
  • fs.s3a.fast.upload.active.blocks (default 8): Defines how many blocks a single output stream can have uploading or queued at a given time.
  • fs.s3a.block.size (default 32M): Defines the maximum size of blocks during file transfer. Use the suffix K, M, G, T, or P to scale the value in Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, or Petabytes, respectively.
  • fs.s3a.buffer.dir (default tmp): Defines the directory used by disk buffering.

Find an additional list of S3a properties in the S3a documentation.

Upload buffering​

Migrations using an S3 target destination will buffer all uploads. By default, the buffering will occur on the local disk of the system Data Migrator is running on, in the /tmp directory.

Data Migrator will automatically delete the temporary buffering files once they are no longer needed.

If you want to use a different type of buffering, you can change the property fs.s3a.fast.upload.buffer. The following values can be supplied:

Buffering OptionDetailsProperty Value
Array BufferBuffers the uploaded data in memory instead of on the disk, using the Java heap.array
Byte BufferBuffers the uploaded data in memory instead of on the disk, but does not use the Java heap.bytebuffer
Disk BufferingThe default option. This property buffers the upload to the disk.disk

Both the array and bytebuffer options may consume large amounts of memory. Other properties (such as fs.s3a.fast.upload.active.blocks) may be used to fine-tune the migration to avoid issues.

note

If you run out of disk space on which to buffer the migration, the migration will stall with a series of errors. To avoid this, ensure the filesystem containing the directory used for buffering (/tmp by default) has enough remaining space to facilitate the transfer.

Next steps​

If you haven't already, configure a source filesystem from which to migrate data. Then, you can create a migration to migrate data to your new S3 target.