Grant a VPC access to an SFS

VPC-wide access lets every resource in the SFS’s VPC read and write the SFS: nodes, load balancers, Kubernetes, and databases. It is the quickest way to start using a new SFS. To pick nodes one at a time instead, and make some of them read-only, see Configure per-node access to an SFS.

An SFS uses one kind of access at a time. If it already gives access to single nodes, granting VPC-wide access replaces that per-node access.

Grant it

Once the SFS reads Available, and any backup on it has finished its first run:

1. In Scalable File System, open the SFS’s Actions menu and click Grant all access.
2. Click Grant.

The SFS reads Configuring while the access is applied, then Available again. The ACL tab now lists the VPC with its CIDR and permission. Every resource in the VPC can now mount it; see Mount an SFS.

Turn it off

To end the VPC’s access, for example before you switch to per-node access:

1. Open the SFS’s Actions menu and click Disable all access.
2. Click Disable.

This ends access for the nodes, load balancers, Kubernetes, and databases in that VPC. The SFS reads Configuring, then Available again. To give single nodes access again, add them on the ACL tab; see Configure per-node access to an SFS. If a node in the VPC gets access denied by server when it mounts the SFS, see Troubleshooting SFS.