Get Started
This section describes how you can get started learning about, installing, and using the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Platform
This section contains conceptual information that can help you to understand and use the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Administration
This section describes how to administer fabric resources in the global namespace of your HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric as-a-service platform.
- IPv6 Support in Data Fabric
  Describes the IPv6 support feature for Data Fabric.
- Administering Fabrics
  This section describes fabric operations that you can perform using the Data Fabric UI.
  - Configuring a Proxy Server for Data Fabric Access to the Internet
    Describes the procedure to configure an https or http proxy for scenarios where communication between the internet and Data Fabric must happen over a proxy server.
  - Creating a Fabric
    Fabrics make it possible for you to create volumes, buckets, and topics in a cloud or on-premises deployment. If your organization has multiple departments or multiple use cases to support, you can create multiple fabrics.
  - Importing a Fabric
    This section provides the steps to import an as-a-service fabric into the global namespace.
  - Viewing the Fabric Status
    Describes how to use the Global namespace card.
  - Viewing Fabric Settings
    Describes how to view and change the fabric settings, which include fabric auditing, data auditing, and gateway information.
  - Viewing the Fabric Endpoint
    Describes how to view the endpoint for a fabric on the Data Fabric UI.
  - Viewing the Software Version
    Describes several ways to identify the core software version for a fabric.
  - Generating S3 Access Keys for the Global Namespace
    Describes how to obtain an S3 user access key and secret key that can be used to perform operations on S3 resources anywhere in the global namespace.
  - Setting a Quota for a User
    Set quota for an individual user.
  - Setting a Quota for a Group
    Set quota for an individual group.
  - Viewing Fabric-Related Metrics
    Explains the various fabric-related metrics visible on the overview/data_fabric_ui.html.
  - Setting Default Quotas for Users/Groups
    Set default values for user and group quotas on a fabric via the Data Fabric UI.
  - Viewing the Fabric Service Status
    View status of various services running on a fabric.
  - View Capacity Usage by User on Fabric
    Describes how to check the capacity used by various internal volumes, buckets, topics, and binary tables created by the user that is logged in to the Data Fabric UI.
  - SSH Access to a Cloud-Based Fabric
    Describes how to obtain a fabric-specific .pem file that enables SSH access to a cloud-based fabric.
  - Deleting a Fabric
    Delete a remote fabric from the global namespace.
- Administering Users and Roles
  This section describes the operations you can perform related to users, groups, and roles for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Buckets
  Describes the operations you can perform related to buckets for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Tables
  Describes the operations you can perform related to tables for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Topics
  Administer topics for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Volumes
  Administer volumes on HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Auditing Fabric and Fabric Data
  Auditing in Data Fabric
- Administering Security Policies
  Add, edit, delete, and manage state of security policies.
- Working with an External NFS Server
  Associate an external NFS server with Data Fabric to share data across clusters in the global namespace.
- Working with External S3 Object Store
- Administering Alarms
  Manage alarms via the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric UI.
- Monitoring
  Describes monitoring with OpenTelemetry for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Getting Started with Iceberg
  Summarizes what you need to know to begin using Iceberg with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric release 7.6.x.
Reference
Provides reference information for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

Creating a Fabric

Fabrics make it possible for you to create volumes, buckets, and topics in a cloud or on-premises deployment. If your organization has multiple departments or multiple use cases to support, you can create multiple fabrics.

This page describes the basic steps to create a new fabric for any of the supported fabric providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises).

Before Creating a Fabric

Note these considerations:

If you are creating your first fabric, see Fabric Deployment Using a Seed Node. You must use the seed node steps to create your first fabric. For all subsequent fabrics you can use the steps on this page.
To create a fabric, you must have fabric manager credentials. The Create Fabric button is not displayed for developer and infrastructure admin credentials.
Currently, only SSO users can create fabrics.
You must obtain a license for and register each new fabric that you create.
Always create fabrics one at a time. You cannot create multiple fabrics at the same time.
Creating an on-premises fabric requires that you provide host nodes before starting fabric creation. These nodes must meet certain requirements. Before creating an on-premises fabric, review Prerequisites for On-Premises Installation.

Steps for Creating a Fabric

Use the following steps to create a new fabric.

Log on to the Data Fabric UI with Fabric Manager credentials.
Click Create fabric. The Create fabric side drawer appears.
Fill in the configuration parameters for the type of fabric you want to create:
Click Create.
To monitor the progress of fabric creation, check the status bar in the Fabric details dialog box, or click See details. Fabric creation can take 20 minutes or more.
If fabric creation fails, you can retry the operation. Click the ellipsis in the Action column, and select Reinitiate.
It is possible for fabric creation to fail because of a host-name resolution issue. See Troubleshooting Seed Node Installation.
If fabric creation continues to fail, and the failure cannot be resolved manually, contact HPE Support.
When the installation status shows Installed, click the ellipsis () in the Action column, and select View endpoints. The URL for the new fabric is displayed, and you can copy the URL to the clipboard.
Add your fabric activation key. See Adding an Activation Key.
Register the fabric. See Registering a Fabric.
Set the billing model. See Setting the Billing Model.