Using Access Keys in Aspera Products

Overview

To connect your Aspera products to the Cluster Manager storage, you must use the information found in the Access Keys tab of a cluster in the Cluster Manager console.

The following configuration examples use the sampel values from the table below:

Option	Example Value
DNS name for available nodes	my-atc.example.com
DNS name for all nodes	my-atc-all.example.com
Access Key ID	LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
Access Key Secret	Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET
Access Key Token	TGNrUBxuQXCASPZxOXYGN1ZnaTk6WTFTWHB4bzKsZtNtVkU1bHoyVPN6QChoQUo2aTc3dGVLTmdEXAMPLETOKEN=

All the access key values can be retrieved by clicking Details on an Access Key in the Cluster Manager interface.

Aspera Faspex

Configure a file storage node with the following information:

Field	Value
SSL?	✓
Host	my-atc-all.example.com
Port	443
Username	LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
Password	Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET
Storage Type	Default

Aspera Shares

Add a share node with the following information:

Field	Value
Host	my-atc-all.example.com
Port	443
API Username	LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
API Password	Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET
Use SSL	✓

Aspera Enterprise Server / Point-to-Point / Desktop Client

Create a new connection with the following information:

Field	Value
Host	my-atc.example.com
Username	LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
Authentication	Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET

Aspera Drive

Add a new account to Drive with the following information:

Field	Value
Server address	my-atc.example.com
Username	LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
Password	Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLEY3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET

ascp Command Line

Command-line transfers require the authentication token to be available in an environment variable ASPERA_SCP_TOKEN and uses the xfer user with an SSH key:

ascp -i aspera_tokenauth_id_dsa -W "Basic TOKEN" xfer@my-atc.example.com:/file1 .