The Global Console offers a single pane of glass into your MinIO deployments and a launch point for the suite of MinIO AIStor features.
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Enterprises don't just want to manage object storage, they want to
manage the entire data storage infrastructure. That includes servers,
disks and networks. That is what drove the thinking around our new
AIStor Console. The console offers a single pane of glass for every
instance - on prem, in the public cloud or behind the firewall, built on
Kubernetes or bare metal as well as every feature - from the new
MinIO AIStor features to the ones that put us on the map.
The MinIO AIStor Console is ideal for those enterprises with multiple
MinIO instances. It facilitates operational excellence and superb
manageability.
Users can see and manage every MinIO deployment they have. This is the
proverbial single pane of glass. Public cloud, private cloud, edge, colo
- all visible and manageable. Bare metal, Kubernetes, VMs - all visible
and manageable. Multiple geos, connected, airgapped. All visible and
manageable (with obvious restrictions on the airgapped ones).
Every MinIO deployment can be managed individually with regard to the
Enterprise features and every other feature (ILM, IAM, Replication etc).
That means if you want to enable the full suite of enterprise features
(Cache, Firewall, KMS, Observability, Catalog) on one deployment you
can. A subset of those on another, not a problem.
The AIStor Console has Kubernetes-awareness built in. If your
infrastructure is on Kubernetes, you can manage it seamlessly from the
AIStor Console using the MinIO Operator capabilities. If your
infrastructure is on bare-metal then you won’t even feel the presence of
the inbuilt MinIO Operator.
Enable permissions on a feature by feature, deployment by deployment
basis. For example, if you want the operations team to have access to
observability on all public instances of MinIO - you can enable just
that and nothing more.
In the past, there was a 1:1 relationship between your Console and your
MinIO instance. Now there is a 1:any relationship.
How do I add a tenant?
Adding a tenant is simple. You just need to select a location, choose a
distribution (in the case of Kubernetes), complete the configuration
details, and launch it.
How do I manage the new features?
All of the new features can be managed from the MinIO Enterprise Object
Store Console. For example, to add observability to an instance, you
just need to add a few fields and the system will start to generate
data.
What are the browser requirements for using the AIStor Console?
Any modern browser will work, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera or
Safari.
How does the MinIO Enterprise Object Store Console differ from the MinIO
Object Storage Console?
The MinIO Enterprise Object Store Console is purpose-built for
organizations to oversee and manage their data storage infrastructure.
In addition to the clear and intuitive browser-based GUI for object
storage that over 10k organizations have come to know and love, the
AIStor Console serves as the launchpad for leveraging the entire
suite of MinIO Enterprise Object Store features like Cache, Firewall,
KMS, Observability, and Catalog– all in a way that’s interpretable and
transparent.
Is a deep understanding of Kubernetes or object storage concepts needed
to manage data storage infrastructure using the MinIO Enterprise Object
Store Console?
No. The original browser-based MinIO console was built so that IT admins
and individual developers could manage a fully functional object store.
The Enterprise Object Store Console builds on the same tenets of
simplicity and user empathy, this time with a focus on addressing the
data storage challenges that enterprises face. Now, it is just as easy
to manage multiple deployments of MinIO across all kinds of mediums, as
well as make use of MinIO’s Enterprise Object Store features all through
the same browser-based UI.
Do I need to have MinIO Enterprise Object Store features such as Cache
or Firewall enabled to use the new MinIO Enterprise Object Store
Console?
No. As an enterprise customer, you can use the new AIStor Console
regardless of feature enablement. With the AIStor Console however,
it is possible to easily enable and monitor any of these features across
all or some of your MinIO object store deployments.
Can MinIO Enterprise Object Store Console be deployed with Kubernetes?
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