Bucket Name – The unique name of the Amazon S3 bucket that you want to add as a storage node.

Access Key ID – The Amazon S3 access key ID.

Secret Access Key – The Amazon S3 secret access key.

Endpoint – The endpoint name of the S3 service. The default value for Amazon S3 is s3.amazonaws.com. Normally, this value should not be changed.

Use HTTPS – Use HTTPS to connect with the storage node.

Trust all certificates – Trust any security certificate installed in the CTERA Portal.

Add Metadata Tags – Use custom metadata to support information lifecycle management rules (ILM) on the storage node. Checking Add Metadata Tags implements the ILM, enabling storage tiering so that data can be routed across different object storages.