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Overview​

The IonFS Command Line Interface provides a set of tools to manage data stored by Ionburst Cloud as if it were a remote filesystem. With the release of NKV, IonFS can now store secrets, while storing the metadata in a customer-owned metadata repository.

Anyone that has been granted access to this repository, and the appropriate Ionburst Cloud credentials, can interact with the stored secrets.

For this tutorial, we will be using Amazon S3 as the ionfs metadata repository.

Shared Responsibility Model Breakdown​

Customer Responsibility​

• You, the customer, are responsible for the secure management of the Ionburst Cloud credentials used by ionfs.
• You, the customer, are responsible for the security of ionfs metadata repositories and the metadata stored in them.

Ionburst Cloud Responsibility​

• We are responsible for the security of all secrets stored in Ionburst Cloud NKV using ionfs.
• We are responsible for the underlying security and availability of the Ionburst Cloud platform.

Getting Started​

In this tutorial we will cover:

1. Working with ionfs metadata repositories.
2. Listing IBC classifications with ionfs.
3. Working with ionfs directories.
4. Managing secrets with ionfs.

Basic Usage​

ionfs allows us to do the following:

• List configured metadata repositories.
• List available IBC classifications.
• Create, list and delete ionfs directories.
• Upload, download and delete secrets from IBC.

1. Metadata Repositories​

ionfs makes use of metadata repositories, or repos, to track secrets that have been secured by Ionburst Cloud NKV. Metadata repos are specified in the configuration file stored under ~/.ionfs/appsettings.json.

To list the configured repos, the following ionfs command can be used:

An example output would look like:

2. Classifications​

Secrets can be secured by Ionburst Cloud according to available security policies. ionfs can be used to view the policies currently available to an Ionburst Cloud party.

To list available policies, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

3. Directories​

Secrets secured by Ionburst Cloud NKV through ionfs can partition its repo using a typical directory structure.

List directories​

To list available directories within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

By default, this will list the contents of the repo's root directory. To list a specific directory, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Create a directory​

To create a new directory within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Delete a directory​

To remove a directory within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

4. Secrets​

Finally, and most importantly we can now look at uploading (Put), downloading (Get) and deleting secrets from IBC NKV using ionfs. In these examples, we'll use a secret called my-secret, with the value "We may guard your data, but we'll never take its freedom".

Put​

To upload a secret with ionfs, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

To upload a secret to a specific directory within your repo, use the following:

An example output would look like:

Get​

To retrieve a secret with ionfs, use the following:

An example output would look like:

Delete​

To delete a secret from the ionfs repo and from Ionburst Cloud NKV, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Conclusion​

You should now be able to perform basic secrets operations on Ionburst Cloud NKV using the ionfs tool. If you're interested in learning more about the IonFS CLI, please see the Ionburst Cloud docs.

Overview​

The IonFS Command Line Interface provides a set of tools to manage data stored by Ionburst Cloud S6 as if it were a remote filesystem. While the IonFS CLI stores files within Ionburst Cloud S6, the metadata is stored in a customer-owned metadata repository.

Anyone that has been granted access to this repository, and the appropriate Ionburst Cloud credentials, can interact with the stored data.

For this tutorial, we will be using Amazon S3 as the ionfs metadata repository.

Shared Responsibility Model Breakdown​

Customer Responsibility​

• You, the customer, are responsible for the secure management of the Ionburst Cloud credentials used by ionfs.
• You, the customer, are responsible for the security of ionfs metadata repositories and the metadata stored in them.

Ionburst Cloud Responsibility​

• We are responsible for the security of all data stored in Ionburst Cloud S6 using ionfs.
• We are responsible for the underlying security and availability of the Ionburst Cloud platform.

Getting Started​

In this tutorial we will cover:

1. Working with ionfs metadata repositories.
2. Listing IBC classifications with ionfs.
3. Working with ionfs directories.
4. Managing files with ionfs.

Basic Usage​

ionfs allows us to do the following:

• List configured metadata repositories.
• List available IBC classifications.
• Create, list and delete ionfs directories.
• Upload, download and delete data from IBC.

1. Metadata Repositories​

ionfs makes use of metadata repositories, or repos, to track data that has been secured by Ionburst Cloud S6. Metadata repos are specified in the configuration file stored under ~/.ionfs/appsettings.json.

To list the configured repos, the following ionfs command can be used:

An example output would look like:

2. Classifications​

Data can be secured by Ionburst Cloud according to available security policies. ionfs can be used to view the policies currently available to an Ionburst Cloud party.

To list available policies, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

3. Directories​

Data secured by Ionburst Cloud S6 through ionfs can partition its repo using a typical directory structure.

List directories​

To list available directories within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

By default, this will list the contents of the repo's root directory. To list a specific directory, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Create a directory​

To create a new directory within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Delete a directory​

To remove a directory within a repo, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

4. Files​

Finally, and most importantly we can now look at uploading (Put), downloading (Get) and deleting data from IBC S6 using ionfs. In these examples, we'll use a file called my-file.txt.

First, we need to create my-file.txt:

Put​

To upload a file to Ionburst Cloud with ionfs, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

To upload data to a specific directory within your repo, use the following:

An example output would look like:

Get​

To retrieve a file with ionfs, use the following:

An example output would look like:

By default, this will download the file from Ionburst Cloud S6 to the current directory, with the name used in ionfs. To download to a specific local directory, or to download to a different name, use the following:

An example output would look like:

Delete​

To delete a file from the ionfs repo and from Ionburst Cloud S6, the following can be used:

An example output would look like:

Conclusion​

You should now be able to perform basic file operations on Ionburst Cloud S6 using the ionfs tool. If you're interested in learning more about the IonFS CLI, please see the Ionburst Cloud docs.