Onboarding a cloud account

You can add cloud accounts for AWS and Azure public cloud services.

1. Log in to the Wired portal.
2. Click Onboard cloud.
3. Click the cloud provider for the account that you want to onboard. Click AWS or Azure.
4. Enter a name and description for the cloud account.
5. Enter the credential information for the cloud account.
   • AWS

     Access key ID

     The access key ID for the cloud account that you want to onboard.

     Secret access key

     The secret access key that you use with the access key ID to authenticate to AWS.

   • Azure

     Client ID

     The application or client ID of the application that you want to onboard. You register the application through the App registrations in the Azure portal.

     Draft comment: euconnor@ie.ibm.com
     Question for Amith: Does application = cloud account for Azure?

     Client secret

     The client secret of the application that you want to onboard. You generate the secret in the App registrations in the Azure portal.

     Tenant ID

     The unique directory (tenant) ID of the Azure Active Directory instance.

     Subscription

     The unique identifier that is associated with your Azure subscription.

     Draft comment: euconnor@ie.ibm.com
     Question for Amith: Is this an ID or text?

6. Click Onboard.
   The cloud account is onboarded and added to the Clouds menu in Site Planner.
7. (Azure only) In the Azure portal, enable the deployment of SD-WAN products for your Azure subscription.
   1. In the Azure portal marketplace, find and open the VMware SD-WAN - Virtual Edge product.
   2. In the product details page, select the VMware SD-WAN - Virtual Edge 4.2.x plan and click the link that prompts you to programmatically deploy the product.
   3. In the deployment page, enable the product for your Azure subscription and save.
   4. Repeat steps a to c for the following products and plans:

      Product	Plan
      VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud Virtual Edge	VeloCloud Virtual Edge (2.5)
      VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud Virtual Edge	VeloCloud Virtual Edge (3.x)
      Cisco vEdge Cloud Router	Cisco vEdge Cloud Router 20.4.1

8. (AWS only) In the AWS portal, enable the deployment of SD-WAN products for your AWS subscription.
   1. In the AWS portal marketplace, go to the product search page.
   2. Find and open the VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud Virtual Edge product.
   3. In the product overview page, continue to the product subscription page.
   4. In the product subscription page, accept the subscription terms.
   5. Repeat steps a to d for the Cisco vEdge Cloud Router product.