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IBM cloud account
Published On Sep 06, 2024 - 10:40 AM

IBM cloud account

Learn how to onboard a new IBM Cloud account.
This Kyndryl Platform feature allows you to manage your IBM Cloud connections to applications. By adding this supported cloud provider, your credentials are securely stored in an internal encrypted vault. Moreover, you can integrate an external vault of your choice, if needed.

IBM Master Account

To add a new IBM
Master Account
, from the Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications dashboard click the Main menu on the left side, select
Admin
 and click
Provider Account
; you will be redirected to the Account Management page, and to the
Master Accounts
 tab.
Click
New Master Account
 on the right side. Once in the New Master Account page, click
IBM Cloud
.
To learn more about navigating to the different services from each tenant, refer to Kyndryl ModernOps landing page or Kyndryl Bridge landing page.

Step 1: Adding an IBM Cloud Master Account required for billing

  • Account Details
    • Account Name
      : Enter the provider account name of your choice.
    • Description
      : Enter the description for the account.
    • Account Number
      : Enter the account number.
    • Billing type
      : Enter the billing type.
Status must be set to Active
Click
Create Account
 and a
“Success: Account Name has been successfully created. You may add credentials”
 alert is displayed. Then scroll down and click
Add Credential
 at the right side of the page.

Step 2: Connecting IBM Cloud credentials

  • Add Credential
    • Name
      : Enter the credential name.
    • Purpose
      : Select the purpose.
      • Cost Ingestion (For
        CAM
        )
      • CSP Billing
    • Description
      : Enter the description for this credential.
    Status must remain active.
  • Connect to IBM Cloud
    • Credential Reference ID
      : Enter the credential reference ID.
or
  • Click
    Create New or Update Credential Vault
     checkbox.
    • Classic Infrastructure Username
      : Enter a username. To get your IBM Usernames, login Here, click
      Manage
      , click
      Access IAM
      , then go to
      User
       and select the desired username.
    • Classic Infrastructure APIKey
      : Enter the API Key. To get your IBM API Key, login Here, click
      Manage
      , click
      Access IAM
      , then go to
      API Keys
       and select
      Classic Infrastructure API Keys
      . Finally click
      Details
      , and then
      View
       to see the API Key.
    • IBM Cloud APIKey
      : Enter the IBM Cloud API key. This field is mandatory for asset extraction through Common Discovery.
      To extract metrics data for IBM Cloud through Common Discovery, you need to configure IBM Cloud Monitoring (sysdig) in the provider console.
  • Click
    Test Connection
     to test whether the credentials are valid.
  • Associate this credential with a business entity
    : Choose the appropriate business entity.
Click
Add
 and a
“Success: Credential has been successfully added”
 alert is displayed.

IBM Asset Account

To add a new IBM
Asset Account
, from the Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications dashboard click the Main menu on the left side, select
Admin
 and click
Provider Account
; you will be redirected to the Account Management page, and to the
Master Account
 tab.
Click the
Asset Accounts
 tab and then click
New Asset Account
. Once in the New Asset Account page, click
IBM Cloud
.
To learn more about navigating to the different services from each tenant, refer to Kyndryl ModernOps landing page or Kyndryl Bridge landing page.

Step 1: Adding an IBM Cloud Master Account required to provision resources

  • Account Details
    • Name
      : Enter the asset account name of your choice.
    • Description
      : Enter the description for the account.
    • Account Number
      : Enter the account number; it must be the same as the Master Account number.
    • Select Existing Master Account
      : Enter the Master Account to be associated with the Asset Account.
    Status must be set to Active
Click
Create Account
 and a
“Success: Account Name has been successfully created. You may add credentials or link asset accounts”
 alert is displayed. Then scroll down and click
Add Credential
 at the right side of the page.

Step 2: Connecting IBM credentials

  • Add Credential
    • Name
      : Enter the credential name.
    • Purpose
      : Select the purpose.
      • Asset Ingestion (For
        CAM
        )
      • Provisioning (For
        Enterprise Marketplace
        )
    • Description
      : Enter the description for this credential.
    Status must remain active.
  • Connect to IBM Cloud
    • Credential Reference ID
      : Enter the Credential Reference ID.
or
  • Click
    Create New or Update Credential in Vault
     checkbox.
    • Classic Infrastructure Username
      : Enter a username. To get your IBM Usernames, login Here, click
      Manage
      , click
      Access IAM
      , then go to
      User
       and select the desired username.
    • Classic Infrastructure APIKey
      : Enter the API Key. Classic infrastructure API keys are used in the Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications to call the APIs for classic infrastructure services. To get your IBM API Key, login Here, click
      Manage
      , click
      Access IAM
      , then go to
      API Keys
       and select
      Classic Infrastructure API Keys
      . Finally click
      Details
      , and then
      View
       to see the API Key.
    • IBM Cloud APIKey
      : Enter the IBM Cloud API key. The IBM Cloud API key is used in the Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications to call APIs for IAM Enabled Platform services. 
    An IBM cloud API Key is mandatory to extract API PaaS assets.
  • Click
    Test Connection
     to test whether the credentials are valid.
  • Associate this credential with a business entity
    : Choose the appropriate business entity.
Click
Add
 and a
“Success: Credential has been successfully added”
 alert is displayed.
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