Secured access to Object Storage is accomplished by using API Signature Key. Each configured connection to Object Storage includes a Key Ring.

A key ring is an object that hold a set of private/public encryption key pairs. Object Storage connections can share the same key ring and even the same key in the key ring for the same system environment.

For example, key ring A can be defined and used in all the system environments: Dev, Test, and Prod. However, the key pairs inside the ring have to be different in each of the environments. The connections defined for Object Storage can all use the same key ring A in all the environments since the actual key pair that is used in each environment, is different.

To create a new key ring, select Admin, then Security, then Add Key Ring. Make sure to generate a key pair in that ring after creating it.

Once a key ring has been created with an active key pair, click View for the Public Key of that key pair to copy the public key content. That content should be pasted into the System Account user API Key in your default Identity Domain (see the User API Keys section in Security and Access Management of Object Storage Management).