Versions Compared

Old Version 8

changes.mady.by.user eric revollo

Saved on

compared with

New Version 9

changes.mady.by.user Fabiola Arias Navia

Saved on

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Discovering Amazon Instances

The Amazon tab on the Cloud Discovery Settings section allows you to set and edit Amazon accounts for discovering instances.


Image Added

Info
titleBefore you begin

Make sure you perform these steps before adding an Amazon account on SIM.

  1. Create an AWS account as trusted entity for read-only role on the main AWS account where SQL Inventory Manager discovery will be running.
  2. Create a read-only role on the user’s main AWS account (where SQL Inventory Manager discovery will be running)

Adding an Amazon account

For Amazon: "Specify the account to be used to connect to the Amazon EC2 or RDS instance. Amazon account information is needed to collect performance metrics. Please note that you may see charges from Amazon for Cloudwatch API requests. Click here [insert url to wiki page] for more information."

Click Add Amazon Account and enter the following information on the Amazon Account dialog.

AWS Account Name: Name for referencing the AWS account.

AWS Access Key: Access ID.

AWS Secret Key: Secret access key information.

AWS Region Endpoint: Select your Amazon region.

Image Added

Editing an account

To edit an Amazon account click on the gear icon Image Added next to the account name you want to edit and select Edit. Once you modify your information on the Add/Edit dialog click Save to save your changes.

Removing an account

To remove an Amazon account click on the gear icon Image Added next to the account name you want to remove and select Remove.


Note

All the instances discovered before removing an account remain on the Discovered View.

...





SQL Inventory Manager Discover and visualize your SQL Server environment.

...