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AWS Billing Credentials

Billing Account Information Required​

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To ensure you can fully access and use our product, we require you to provide your AWS billing account information. This step is mandatory for using Cross4Cloud (C4C) or any C4C services related to AWS and should be completed before proceeding with the setup. Completing this step unlocks access to our product and its related features.

- Please follow the instructions below to ensure you can use our services properly.​

Cost Management Preferences​

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You can enable Cost Explorer for your account by opening Cost Explorer for the first time in the Billing and Cost Management console. You can't enable Cost Explorer using the API.

  1. Go to AWS Console and log in to your account.

  2. After logged in to your account, go to the search bar and search for Billing and Cost Management.

  3. In the left navigation menu, click on Cost Explorer located under the Cost and Usage Analysis section. You will see either that screen

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AWS Step 1

or this screen

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AWS Step 1

1. User Creation​

  1. Go to AWS Console and log in to your account.

  2. After logged in to your account, go to the search bar and search for IAM.

  3. Click IAM under Services.

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AWS Step 2-3

  1. Click Users on the left and then click Create user.
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AWS Step 4

  1. Click Next button after entering a User name. Optionally you can provide user access to the AWS Management Console.
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AWS Step 5

2. Permission Assignment​

  1. On the screen have showed up, it is necessary to grant the user the required permissions. Therefore, click on the Attach Policies Directly button. After this point, you have two options to proceed. The first option is to manually add the permissions listed below one by one. The second option is to select only the AdministratorAccess permission, granting full authorization.

    Manuel (Recommended)Full Access
    IAMReadOnlyAccessAdministratorAccess

  2. Click on the Next button at the bottom of the page.

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AWS Step 7

  1. After verifying the presence of the necessary permissions under the Permission Summary tab on the opened page, finally, click the Create User button.
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AWS Step 7

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For more detailed information about the Policies and permissions you can check AWS Documentation.

You need permissions error

In case of getting error that says "The AWS Access Key Id needs a subscription for the service." in AWS Console, do not worry. It takes a while AWS to proccess your card details.

Critical Step

You need to create an inline policy by following through guidance below so that you use those credentials properly.

3. Inline Policy Creation​

  1. From the list of users, click on the user that you have created.
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AWS Step 9

  1. On the page that you see, click on the Add Permissions and Create Inline Policy.
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AWS Step 10

  1. Click JSON button on the right top.
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AWS Step 11

  1. Delete the existing code and copy-paste the following code in its place. And then Click Next button.
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "ce:GetCostAndUsage",
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "ce:GetCostForecast",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
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AWS Step 12

  1. On the page that appers, Enter a Policy Name then Click Create Policy button.
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AWS Step 13

  1. On the page you have been directed to you will see your custom inline policy under Permissions policies.

After completing these steps, you should have successfully created the user with the specified permissions.

4. Key Creation​

  1. In the same page under the same user that you have created, go to the Security Credentials tab and click Create access key under Access Keys section.
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AWS Step 10

  1. Choose a proper use case. In this case, we chose Commond Line Interface (CLI). Then click Next button.
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AWS Step 11

  1. You can add Description tag value, it's optional. After that, click Create access key.
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AWS Step 12

  1. CRITICAL STEP

    From the screen that you see, copy and paste your Access Key and Secret Access Key where you can access them later, you will need them in our console.

  2. When you are sure that you have saved the access key and secret access key somewhere you can access later, you can click the Done button.

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AWS Step 14