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Accessing IBM Cloud Commercial & FedRAMP catalog

How To


Summary

This page provides information for IBM Federal customers wanting to access IBM Cloud catalog.
Federal customers would access services in IBM's Commercial Cloud as well as in IBM's FedRAMP compliant Cloud called IBM Cloud for Government.

Steps

Support for Developers

How to access IBM Government Cloud catalog

  1. Create an IBM Govt Cloud Account

    An IBM Cloud for Government Account needs to be set up first. Work with your IBM Sales representative to create an account.

  • Once your account has been set up, you receive a welcome email with login credentials.
  • Inviting other users to the Account: You can invite other members of your organization to this account by simply inviting them from the IBM Cloud console
  • Federated ID Integration: For the procedure to have Federated ID integration with your organization's authentication system, refer to the link under additional resources

2. Accessing Catalog: Once the Account is set up, you can log in to access IBM Cloud for Government Catalog.

3. The pricing you see in your IBM Cloud for Government account will be list prices.  Use your discount to calculate actual billable charges.

Visit the Catalog

Additional resources:



Support for Business Partners

How to access IBM Commercial Cloud catalog

  1. Create an IBM Cloud Account
  • Work with your IBM Sales representative to create an IBM Cloud Account.
    Usually, a representative from the Federal organization creates an IBM ID & IBM Cloud Account for the whole organization.
     The Account thus created is upgraded to a subscription account by working with the IBM Sales Rep
  • Inviting other users to the Account: You can add other members of your organization to this account by simply inviting them from IBM Cloud Console (Refer step 9 in the Account Creation Guide)
  • Enterprise Account: If you have multiple departments or units within your organization whose Cloud consumption needs to be tracked separately, you can convert your account to an Enterprise Account.
  • Federated ID Integration: For the procedure to have Federated ID integration with your organization's authentication system, refer link under additional resources
2. Updated pricing terms: Sometimes there are special pricing terms that need to be linked to the Account. Usually, when you work with an IBM Sales rep to create your account, The Sales rep takes care of linking the pricing terms with your account. 
3. Accessing Catalog: Once the Account is set up, you can access the IBM Cloud catalog by visiting the below link.
 Pls make sure you are logged in to look at your Account
 specific configurations

Visit the Catalog

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 November 2020

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