The system supports and manages connections to Object Storage via metadata configuration. The system can connect to any number of Object Storage locations and Tenancies.

REST API calls issued by the system, to interact with the Cloud Object Storage, require an API key signature. The system is designed to have a unique private/public key pair for each environment that connects to Object Storage. This means that each system environment should have a unique System Account user defined in your default Identity Domain with a registered unique API Key.

Currently the system supports accessing files on Object Storage via batch processing. Referencing a file location as Object Storage is done using a special notation.

This chapter includes the following:

For additional information refer to External File Storage help topic in the cloud service online help.