Create a storage bucket

1. Log in to Boundary.

2. Click Storage Buckets in the navigation bar.

3. Click New Storage Bucket.

4. Complete the following fields to create the Boundary storage bucket:

   • Name: (Optional) The name field is optional, but if you enter a name it must be unique.
   • Description: (Optional) An optional description of the Boundary storage bucket for identification purposes.
   • Scope: (Required) A storage bucket can belong to the Global scope or an Org scope. It can only associated with targets from the scope it belongs to.
   • Provider: (Required) The external storage bucket provider.
   • Bucket name: (Required) Name of the AWS bucket you want to associate with the Boundary storage bucket.
   • Bucket prefix: (Optional) A base path where session recordings are stored.
   • Region: (Required) The AWS region to use.
   • Credential type: (Required) The type of credential you want to use to authenticate to the external storage. The required fields for creating a storage bucket vary depending on whether you configured the Amazon S3 bucket with static or dynamic credentials:
     • Static: Authenticates to the storage bucket using an access key that AWS generates.
     • Dynamic: Authenticates to the storage bucket using credentials that were generated by AWS AssumeRole.
   Static credentialsDynamic credentials

   • Access key ID: (Required) The access key ID that AWS generates for the IAM user to use with the storage bucket.

   • Secret access key: (Required) The secret access key that AWS generates for the IAM user to use with this storage bucket.

   • Worker filter: (Required) A filter that indicates which Boundary workers have access to the storage. The filter must match an existing worker in order to create a Boundary storage bucket.

   • Disable credential rotation: (Optional) Prevents the AWS plugin from automatically rotating credentials.

     Although credentials are stored encrypted in Boundary, by default the AWS plugin attempts to rotate the credentials you provide. The given credentials are used to create a new credential, and then the original credential is revoked. After rotation, only Boundary knows the client secret the plugin uses.

   • Role ARN: (Required) The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) role that is attached to the EC2 instance that the self-managed worker runs on.
   • Role external ID: (Optional) A required value if you delegate third party access to your AWS resources. For more information, refer to the AWS documentation for How to use an external ID when granting access to your AWS resources to a third party.
   • Role session name: (Optional) A unique identifier for the AWS session. You can use this value to control how IAM principals and applications name their role sesions when they assume an IAM role. By providing a session name, you enable tracking session actions in AWS CloudTrail logs. For more information, refer to the AWS documentation for Logging IAM and AWS STS API calls with AWS CloudTrail.
   • Role tags: An object with key-value pair attributes that is passed when you assume an IAM role. For more information, refer to the AWS documentation for Passing session tags in AWS STS.
   • Worker filter: (Required) A filter that indicates which Boundary workers have access to the storage. The filter must match an existing worker in order to create a Boundary storage bucket.
   • Disable credential rotation: (Required) Prevents the AWS plugin from automatically rotating credentials. This option is required if you use dynamic credentials.

5. Click Save.

The required fields for creating a storage bucket depend on whether you configured the Amazon S3 bucket with static or dynamic credentials:

The HCL code for creating a storage bucket is different depending on whether you configured the AWS S3 bucket with static or dynamic credentials.

resource "boundary_storage_bucket" "aws_static_credentials_example" {
  name            = "My aws storage bucket with static credentials"
  description     = "My first storage bucket"
  scope_id    = "o_1234567890"
  plugin_name     = "aws"
  bucket_name = "mybucket1"
  attributes_json = jsonencode({ "region" = "us-east-1" })

  # recommended to pass in aws secrets using a file() or using environment variables
  # the secrets below must be generated in aws using an iam user with programmatic access
  secrets_json = jsonencode({
    "access_key_id"     = "aws_access_key_id_value",
    "secret_access_key" = "aws_secret_access_key_value"
  })
  worker_filter = "\"dev\" in \"/tags/type\""
}

output "storage_bucket_id" {
  value = boundary_storage_bucket.aws_static_credentials_example.id
}

resource "boundary_storage_bucket" "aws_dynamic_credentials_example" {
  name        = "My aws storage bucket with dynamic credentials"
  description = "My first storage bucket"
  scope_id    = "o_1234567890"
  plugin_name = "aws"
  bucket_name = "mybucket1"

  # the role_arn value should be the same arn used in the instance profile attached to the ec2 instance
  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2_instance-profiles.html
  attributes_json = jsonencode({
    "region"                      = "us-east-1"
    "role_arn"                    = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/S3Access"
    "disable_credential_rotation" = true
  })
  worker_filter = "\"dev\" in \"/tags/type\""
}

output "storage_bucket_id" {
  value = boundary_storage_bucket.aws_dynamic_credentials_example.id
}

1. Log in to Boundary.

2. Click Storage Buckets in the navigation bar.

3. Click New Storage Bucket.

4. Complete the following fields to create the Boundary storage bucket:

   • Name: (Optional) The name field is optional, but if you enter a name it must be unique.
   • Description: (Optional) An optional description of the Boundary storage bucket for identification purposes.
   • Scope: (Required) A storage bucket can belong to the Global scope or an Org scope. It can only be associated with targets from the scope it belongs to.
   • Provider: (Required) The external storage bucket provider.
   • Endpoint URL: (Required) The fully-qualified endpoint pointing to a MinIO S3 API, such as https://my-minio-instance.dev:9000.
   • Bucket name: (Required) Name of the AWS bucket you want to associate with the Boundary storage bucket.
   • Region: (Optional) The region to configure the storage bucket for.
   • Access key ID (Required): The MinIO service account's access key to use with this storage bucket.
   • Secret access key (Required): The MinIO service account's secret key to use with this storage bucket.
   • Worker filter: (Required) A filter that indicates which Boundary workers have access to the storage. The filter must match an existing worker in order to create a Boundary storage bucket.
   • Disable credential rotation: (Optional) Controls whether the plugin will rotate the incoming credentials and manage a new MinIO service account. If this attribute is set to false, or not provided, the plugin will rotate the incoming credentials, using them to create a new MinIO service account, then delete the incoming credentials.

5. Click Save.

1. Log in to Boundary.

2. Use the following command to create a storage bucket in Boundary:

   $ boundary storage-buckets create \
      -bucket-name myminiobucket \
      -plugin-name minio \
      -scope-id o_1234567890 \
      -bucket-prefix="foo/bar/zoo" \
      -worker-filter '"minio" in "/tags/type"' \
      -attr endpoint_url="https://my-minio-instance.dev:9000" \
      -attr region="REGION" \
      -attr disable_credential_rotation=true \
      -secret access_key_id="KEY" \
      -secret secret_access_key="SECRET"
   

   Replace the values above with the following required secrets and any optional attributes you want to associate with the Boundary storage bucket:

   • bucket-name: (Required) Name of the MinIO bucket you want to associate with the Boundary storage bucket.

   • plugin-name: (Required) The name of the Boundary storage plugin.

   • scope_id: (Required) A storage bucket can belong to the Global scope or an Org scope.

   • worker-filter: (Required) A filter that indicates which Boundary workers have access to the storage. The filter must match an existing worker in order to create a Boundary storage bucket.

   • secret: (Required) The MinIO credentials to use.

     • access_key_id (Required): The MinIO service account's access key to use with this storage bucket.
     • secret_access_key (Required): The MinIO service account's secret key to use with this storage bucket.

   • attributes or -attr: Attributes of the MinIO storage bucket.

     • endpoint_url (Required): Fully-qualified endpoint pointing to a MinIO S3 API.

     • region: (Optional) The region to configure the storage bucket for.

     • disable_credential_rotation: (Optional) Controls whether the plugin will rotate the incoming credentials and manage a new MinIO service account. If this attribute is set to false, or not provided, the plugin will rotate the incoming credentials to create a new MinIO service account, then delete the incoming credentials.

       This option must be set to true if you use dynamic credentials.