Creating a cloud identity

You can create a cloud identity to provide access to a Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud server through secret-protected or temporary credentials.

Before you begin

You have been assigned a global role with the Application Administration capability.

Click Add then fill in the following fields.

Field	Description
Name	Type in the name of the cloud identity.
Definition	Type in a description of the cloud identity.
Type	You can use any or all of the following services: Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services Google Cloud

Enter the IDs or secrets required by your cloud identity technology.

Provider	Secrets and secret description
Microsoft Azure	Directory (tenant) ID Tenant ID of the subscription. Application (client) ID ID of the service principal that can access the necessary resources. Application (client) Secret A secret string that the application uses to prove its identity when requesting a token. Also can be referred to as application password.
Amazon Web Services	Access Key ID Access Key ID that grants programmatic access to the necessary resources. Secret Access Key Secret Access Key of the Access Key ID.
Google Cloud	Service Account ID ID of the service account that has access to the necessary resources. Private Key File Content of the JSON private key file for the service account ID.

You are ready to use your new cloud identity.

See Importing metadata to create a new model in which you can specify the cloud identity you created.

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