Creating storage containers in HP Cloud

Object Storage

Log in at https://console.hpcloud.com/login to get to the dashboard.

One of the compute availability zones is activated. Look at the HP Cloud compute image gallery to make your own virtual machine.

Click The Object Storage Activate Now button. An Activating… message appears, then the storage dashboard appears.

Containers

Click the Browse Containers button. An HP Cloud container is similar to an AWS bucket. It is a way of organizing files.

Create a name

Create a name for your new container, type your name in and click the Create button. You get your first line in the container list.

Click the i information icon for container options: Make public, Activate CDN, and Delete.

Click the container’s name for object options.

Sharing a container

A container is private by default. No-one else can see the files you upload.

Use the Make public button to let the world get your objects.

Browsing files

Use the Select files button to open a file browser on your computer.

Upload files

Choosing files is not the same as uploading files. You can delete some files from the upload list and add others.

When you are ready, hit the Start upload button.

View uploaded files

Uploaded files appear in the list.

Filter text box

If you uploaded hundreds of files to your container, the filter text box comes in handy.

Type in characters and the control panel displays matching names from your file list.

Options

Click the file name or i information icon for Delete and Download options.

Public containers

If you make a container public, each file can be downloaded by anyone.

The public URL of a file looks something like this.

https://region-b.geo-1.objects.hpcloudsvc.com/v1/45108052572988/NicksPublicContainer/my-picture.png

Log out

Play it safe. When you are finished with a container, delete it. When you are finished with your HP Cloud session, log out.