Cloud account screen

The cloud account screen lets you view and edit a cloud account's details.

Action bar

Action	Result
Refresh instance information	Refreshes instance information for the instances contained in the cloud account.

General section

The General section contains general information about the cloud account.

Label	Description
Name	The cloud account's canonical name Note: The cloud account's name cannot be changed after the cloud account has been created.
Display name	The cloud account's display name This is the name that will be used throughout the application to refer to the cloud account.
Description	A description of the cloud account This description will also be displayed in the left menu.
Type	The account's cloud service provider The following options are available: Amazon Web Services (see Amazon Web Services section) Google Cloud Platform (see Google Cloud Platform section) Microsoft Azure (see Microsoft Azure section)
Sync interval	The synchronization interval for the cloud account, expressed in days, hours or minutes Note: Setting the sync interval to `0` will cause instance information from this cloud account to not be automatically refreshed. Instance information can still be manually refreshed by clicking the Refresh button in this screen.

Amazon Web Services section

Label	Description
Credentials type	The type of credentials used to connect to the Amazon Web Services account The following options are available: Basic – Connect to the Amazon Web Services account using an access key. More information about managing access keys can be found in the Amazon Web Services documentation. IAM instance profile – Connect to the Amazon Web Services account using an IAM role and instance profile. More information about assigning IAM roles to EC2 instances can be found in the Amazon Web Services documentation. Note: This option should only be used if CloudGate Key Manager itself is running in the Amazon Web Services environment. IAM delegation – Connect to the Amazon Web Services account by using an IAM role and granting the right to assume that role to another account. More information about delegating access across accounts can be found in the Amazon Web Services documentation. Note: This option should only be used if CloudGate Key Manager itself is running in the Amazon Web Services environment.
Access key ID	The ID of the access key to be used when using basic credentials
Secret access key	The secret access key to be used when using basic credentials
Delegated account	The Amazon Web Services account to be used to access the current account when using IAM delegation
Delegated role ARN	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the role when using IAM delegation
Regions	A comma-separated list of Amazon Web Services regions that you wish to retrieve instance information from Note: If you don't specify any regions, CloudGate Key Manager will fall back on the Amazon Web Services default region provider chain as documented here.

Google Cloud Platform section

Note: To be able to connect CloudGate Key Manager to your Google Cloud Platform account, you need to set up a service account as detailed in the Google Cloud Platform documentation.

Label	Description
Client email	The client email of the service account used to connect to the Google Cloud Platform account
Private key	The private key of the service account credentials used to connect to the Google Cloud Platform account
Project ID	The ID of the Google Cloud Platform project
Zone name	The name of the zone that contains the instances you want to retrieve

Microsoft Azure section

Note: To be able to connect CloudGate Key Manager to your Microsoft Azure subscription, you need to register the app in the Azure AD as detailed in the Microsoft Azure documentation.

Label	Description
Application ID	The application ID created in Microsoft Azure AD
Authentication key	The authentication key created in Microsoft Azure AD
Domain	Your Microsoft Azure AD domain
Subscription ID	Your Microsoft Azure subscription ID
Environment type	The type of your Microsoft Azure environment The following options are available: Azure Azure China Azure Germany Azure US Government Custom — Selecting this option will require you to provide the environment's configuration settings.

Button bar

Button	Result
Cancel	Discards any changes made to the cloud account, and reverts it to its original state.
New	Discards any changes made to the cloud account, and opens a new cloud account screen.
Delete	Deletes the cloud account.
Save	Saves all changes made to the cloud account. CloudGate Key Manager will also attempt to retrieve instance information from the cloud account.

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