/// CONNECT A PROVIDER / PURE STORAGE FLASHBLADE

Pure Storage FlashBlade

Pure Storage FlashBlade exposes an S3-compatible object store. Point storafleet at your FlashBlade data VIP with a key an admin issues for you.

What you need

• An Access Key ID and Secret Access Key from your admin.
• Your FlashBlade data VIP endpoint URL, e.g. https://flashblade-data-vip.your-domain.com — not the management VIP.
• The region — use us-east-1.

Get your credentials

1. Ask your admin to create an Object Store Account → User.
2. The admin then issues a key for that user (CLI pureobjuser access-key create).
3. You get an Access Key ID and a Secret Access Key — the secret is shown once.

Endpoint & region

Your endpoint is the FlashBlade data VIP, e.g. https://flashblade-data-vip.your-domain.com — use the data VIP, NOT the management VIP. Use region us-east-1.

Connect the Fleet

1. From the Fleet page, click Create Fleet and pick Access Keys.
2. Paste the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key from your admin.
3. Set your endpoint to the FlashBlade data VIP (e.g. https://flashblade-data-vip.your-domain.com) and set the region to us-east-1.
4. Connect using path-style addressing. If your data VIP uses a private-CA or self-signed HTTPS certificate, provide a CA bundle so storafleet can verify the connection.

Supported features

FlashBlade supports versioning, lifecycle, CORS, bucket policies, object tags, and Object Lock (Object Lock needs Purity//FB 4.1+; lifecycle covers expiration).