Create a role-based credential

Create a role-based credential referencing the CredentialRole.

Prerequisites

To perform these steps, you must know the IAM Role ARN corresponding to the CredentialRole configured as part of the prerequisites.

Steps

1. In the Cloudbreak web UI, select Credentials from the navigation pane.
2. Click Create Credential.
3. Under Cloud provider, select “Amazon Web Services” or "AWS GovCloud".
4. Provide the following information:

   Parameter	Description
   Select Credential Type	Select Role Based (default value).
   Name	Enter a name for your credential.
   Description	(Optional) Enter a description.
   IAM Role ARN	Paste the IAM Role ARN corresponding to the “CredentialRole” that you created earlier. For example arn:aws:iam::315627065446:role/CredentialRole is a valid IAM Role ARN.

5. You can obtain the IAM Role ARN from the IAM console on AWS > Roles by click on your IAM role to navigate to its summary and then copying the Role ARN:

   

6. Click Create.
7. Your credential should now be displayed in the Credentials pane.

   Now that you have created a credential, you can start creating clusters.