Adding an AWS account as compute

Adding an AWS account to R‑Cloud as compute enables you to create data movers in your own AWS account.

Procedure

In the Compute dialog box, click the AWS tab, and then click New.
Only if you are adding compute at the subscription level. Select one or more protection sets to which you want to add the compute AWS account.
Enter the AWS account ID, and, optionally, a display name for the AWS account, and then click Add.
Click Create IAM Role. The AWS Management Console opens.

 Important You must be signed in to the AWS Management Console with the AWS account that you are adding to R‑Cloud. If you are already signed in to the AWS Management Console with a different account when you create the IAM roles, the creation fails.
In the AWS Management Console, on the Quick create stack page, confirm the capabilities required by R‑Cloud by clicking I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names, and then click Create stack.
Return to the R‑Cloud web user interface, and then click Save.

The AWS account is added to the compute list.

 Note If you do not complete the IAM role creation step in the AWS Management Console or if you enter an incorrect AWS account ID, adding an AWS account as compute to R‑Cloud is suspended and the status of the compute is Preparing. If this happens, remove the account, and then add it to R‑Cloud again.

You can later do the following:

Edit any of the existing AWS accounts (click Edit and make the required modifications).
Delete the AWS accounts that you do not need anymore (click Delete). Keep in mind that deleting the AWS account from R‑Cloud does not delete any IAM resources that were created in the AWS account.