AWS Storage Gateway - Viewing and Editing CHAP Credentials

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Viewing and Editing CHAP Credentials

2. On the Actions menu, choose Conﬁgure CHAP authentication.

3. For Initiator name, type the name of your initiator. The name must be at least 1 character and at

most 255 characters long.

4. For Initiator secret, provide the secret phrase you want to used to authenticate your iSCSI initiator.

The initiator secret phrase must be at least 12 characters and at most 16 characters long.

5. For Target secret, provide the secret phrase you want used to authenticate your target for mutual

CHAP. The target secret phrase must be at least 12 characters and at most 16 characters long.

6. Choose Save to save your entries.

To view or update CHAP credentials, you must have the necessary IAM role permissions to that allows

you to perform that operation.

Viewing and Editing CHAP Credentials

You can add, remove or update CHAP credentials for each user. To view or edit CHAP credentials, you

must have the necessary IAM role permissions that allows you to perform that operation and the

gateway the initiator target is attached to must be a functioning gateway.

To add CHAP credentials

1. In the AWS Storage Gateway Console, choose Volumes and select the volume for which you want to

add CHAP credentials.

2. On the Actions menu, choose Conﬁgure CHAP authentication.

3. In the Conﬁgure CHAPS page, provide the Initiator name, Initiator secret, and Target secret in the

respective boxes and choose Save.

To remove CHAP credentials

1. In the AWS Storage Gateway Console, choose Volumes and select the volume for which you want to

remove CHAP credentials.

2. On the Actions menu, choose Conﬁgure CHAP authentication.

3. Click the X next to the credentials you want to remove and choose Save.

To update CHAP credentials

1. In the AWS Storage Gateway Console, choose Volumes and select the volume for which you want to

update CHAP.

2. On the Actions menu, choose Conﬁgure CHAP authentication.

3. In Conﬁgure CHAP credentials page, change the entries for the credentials you to update.

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