Adding an

Prerequisite

Only if you plan to add your to a protection set other than the default one. The protection set must be created. For instructions, see Creating protection sets.

  • To access the Sources dialog box from the toolbar, click  Administration, and then select Sources.

  • To access the Sources dialog box from R-Graph, in an empty R-Graph with no sources configured, click Set Up Source.

You can also add sources directly from the Marketplace panel by clicking Configure in the product details page, bypassing the initial Sources dialog box.

Procedure

  1. Not applicable if you are redirected from the Marketplace panel. In the Sources dialog box, click the AWS tab, and then click New New.

  2. From the Protection Set drop-down menu, select the protection set to which you want to add the . By default, the is added to the currently selected protection set.

  3. Enter the ID, and, optionally, a display name for the , and then click Add.

  4. Click Create IAM Role. The AWS Management Console opens.

    Important  You must be signed in to the AWS Management Console with the 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Return to the R‑Cloud web user interface, and then click Save.

The is added to the list of sources.

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

You can later do the following:

  • Edit any of the existing s (click Edit Edit and make the required modifications).

  • Delete the s that you do not need anymore (click Delete Delete). Keep in mind that deleting the from R‑Cloud does not delete any IAM resources that were created in the .