Add credentials for public cloud

Your tenant should have its own public cloud account for each cloud provider and it should not share an account with any other tenants. You can add your credentials from an option on the User icon menu.

Before you begin, check your provider's documentation and pricing. You will need credentials to access the cloud provider's API. We provide basic guides (see Obtain public cloud credentials) but you should always check with your provider. 

Open the public cloud credentials dialog

To add public cloud credentials for your tenant:

1. Go the User icon menu in the bottom left corner
2. Select Edit credentials
3. For compute credentials, select Public

To add credentials for a different tenant, go to Users →  edit Enterprise →  Credentials.

Add a cloud provider account

To add public cloud credentials for a tenant:

1. For compute credentials, go to Public
2. Select the Provider
   1. If your provider has different credentials for specific regions, select the appropriate region, for example "Amazon (CHINA)"

3. Enter your credentials to access the cloud provider's API

   1. Access key ID: for example, this may be a Username, API access key ID or Subscription ID or another account identifier
      1. For Azure the format is subscription-id#app-id#tenant-id
      2. For Google the format is project_id#client_id#client_email#private_key_id
      3. For OCI the format is tenancy#user#fingerprint
   2. Secret access key: for example, this may be an API key, App secret key, or other API credential, such as an application password
4. For Amazon or Google, optionally select Also use for pricing
5. Click Add account. Abiquo will validate your credentials with the cloud provider before saving them.
   

The cloud provider credentials should then display in the Current credentials area. Optionally enter separate pricing credentials on the Pricing tab. See Add public cloud pricing credentials for a tenant