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Getting started

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To get started, you will need to authenticate with your cloud accounts. AutoCloud will only ask for read-only access to your resources. On AWS, this can be done with a cross-account role. On Azure, this is done using a service principal and client secret. On GCP, this is done via a service account key. This is the dashboard page you will see once you've hooked up your first cloud account:

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Next up we will create a Service Discovery to get a view of assets currently running in a cloud account. In this case, we picked AWS as a provider.

Follow these steps to create your first Account.

  1. Go to Accounts.
  2. Click on "Create New" in the top right corner.
  3. Pick a provider.
  4. Name your account and add a description
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5. Click on "USE CLOUDFORMATION" to create a cross-account role using a Cloudformation stack.

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6. Add your credentials. Paste your AWS Role ARN to give AutoCloud access. You will be authenticated right away.

7. Select regions.

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8. A new version will be created.

9. Click on View to take a look at your cloud account in the Environment Explorer

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Updated 03 Mar 2023
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