Adding an AWS account as a source

Prerequisite

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

Consideration

Only if you plan to use a data mover configuration for the source. If you later assign a different data mover configuration to an entity that belongs to the source, that configuration will be used instead of the one that was used for the source.

Recommendation

Using a data mover configuration with the source is recommended if you plan to assign its entities a policy that uses a target that is accessible exclusively from a private network.

Procedure

In the Sources panel, click Add.
Select AWS, and then click Next.
Only if you are adding the AWS account in the Subscription context. From the Protection Set drop-down menu, select the protection set to which you want to add the 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.
Only if you want a data mover configuration to be automatically assigned to all the entities that belong to this source. Enable the Use data mover configuration switch, and then, from the Data Movers drop-down menu, select an existing data mover configuration.
By clicking Add New, you are automatically redirected to the dialog box that enables you to add a new data mover configuration. For details, see Creating a data mover configuration.
Click Save.

The AWS account 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 AWS account ID, adding an AWS account 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 AWS accounts (click Edit and make the required modifications).
Remove the AWS accounts that you do not need anymore (click Remove). Keep in mind that removing the AWS account from R‑Cloud does not delete any IAM resources that were created in the AWS account.