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select one of the tabs highlighted below for managing the specific type account providers and accounts.  

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To create a new account, Click thebutton. To edit an existing Instance, click on an Instance row from the list. For example an, OIC cloud account is shown below

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Enter values for the fields as described in the table below. Click the Save button to save the changes. Optionally click the Apply button to save the changes, but remain on the current screen until the Cancel button is clicked.

Tip

Note that encrypted properties are stored in Credential Store (Local or External) and can be configured using Edit button next to credential name drop down. Alternatively, you can reuse single credential for multiple properties also, in which case you should name that credential appropriately.


Field Name

Required

Description

Instance Code

Yes

Short name for the Instance.

Instance Name

Yes

Long display name for the Instance.

Provider

Yes

Provider for which the account is created.

Description

No

A description of the Instance.

Active

Yes

Whether or not the Instance is active in the system. Defaults to "Yes".

Properties

No

If the selected provider has any properties defined, then you must set up values for those properties based on the property key definition.

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To create a new cloud account provider, Click specific account type tab and thebutton. To edit an existing provider, click on a provider row from the list. For ex, creating a new 'Other Tools' Account provider is shown below

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Enter values for the fields as described in the table below. Click the Save button to save the changes. Optionally click the Apply button to save the changes, but remain on the current screen until the Cancel button is clicked.

Field Name

Required

Description

Name

Yes

Name for the account provider

Vendor Name

Yes

Vendor like Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, Google etc

Description

No

A description of the provider.

Properties

No

Setup one or more property key definitions for the provider which will be used for every account created for this provider. 

Creating New

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Properties

  • New property properties cannot be added for the out-of-box default providers. New property properties can only be added for the custom providers.  

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    to add new custom property for the custom provider property set

  • When adding and saving new property to the custom account provider property set,

    • If the custom account provider already has one or more accounts existing

      • New property will NOT be added to the existing account automatically. It will be added for update when editing the account. 

    • If the custom account provider does not have any accounts

      • New property will be added to the account when it is created.

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