Administration on IBM Cloud

As the Owner or Administrator of the IBM Cloud account, you are responsible for administration tasks to set up and maintain the account and the services.

The following table lists typical administrative tasks and when you need to perform them.

Administrative tasks
Timing of tasks Types of tasks More information
Initial setup tasks • Setting up your IBM Cloud account
• Setting up watsonx services
• Adding users
• Configuring firewall access
Setting up the platform
Security
Ongoing maintenance tasks • Managing services
• Managing users
• Monitoring resource usage
Managing the platform
Ongoing monitoring tasks • Tracking activity events
• Monitoring billing
Activity Tracker Event Routing
Managing your account