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Container Cluster Management

IBM Cloud
Published On Dec 12, 2024 - 2:16 PM

IBM Cloud

Configure an account view permission for Container Cluster Management to pull data from IBM Cloud.

Configure IBM Cloud for Container Cluster Management

Access Rights:
 The Account(Key) should have view permission, and the account should have k8s clusters already created. For that, we need to create a new key; it will be used to create and configure an account on
Container Cluster Management
to pull data from
IBM Cloud
.
IBM Cloud requires the creation of two keys:
  • API key
  • Classic Infrastructure Cloud key
Use the following procedure to create an API key:
  1. Log in to your IBMCloud account. and
  2. Select the
    Manage and Access (IAM)
  3. Select the
    API keys
     →
    Create an IBM Cloud API key
  4. On the Create API key dialog box, enter the key Name and some description about where the key will be used and the purpose of creating the key
  5. Click
    Create
    . Your API Key is created successfully. Please copy & save it in someplace safe.
Use the following procedure to create a Classic Infrastructure Cloud key:
  1. Navigate to
    Manage
     →
    Access (IAM)
     →
    API keys
    , and select
    Classic infrastructure API keys
    .
  2. Click
    Create a classic infrastructure key
    . The API key is created. Copy or download the API key, and save it in a safe place.
  3. Obtain the IBM Cloud
    Classic Infrastructure Username
    : click
    Manage
     →
    Access (IAM)
     →
    Users
    .
  4. Select the user from the list. The User details tab of the Manage user page is displayed. The
    Classic Infrastructure Username
     value, which is a combination of a number_emailID is listed under VPN Password section.
  5. To obtain an
    Account ID
    , go to
    Manage
     →
    Account
    →
     select
    Account Settings
     in the navigation menu on the left, and note the
    ID
    . This ID must be entered in the
    Account Number
     field in the connections menu.
At this point, you have successfully configured IBM Cloud to exchange data with the tenant.

IAM connection

Once all configuration steps have been completed at a cloud provider level, you must configure the tenant to continue with the data exchange for cluster management.

Pre-requisites

The following items are prerequisite:
  1. From the Kyndryl Platform landing page, select the Main menu or the
    Manage IAM
     tile.
  2. Select Admin and then,
    IAM
  3. On the IAM screen, select the
    Connections
     tab from the left panel.
  4. Select the
    Add New
     Drop-down menu.
  5. Select the
    Add a Connection
  6. Select the Technology Category as
    Cloud Provider
  7. Select
    IBM Cloud
  8. Enter the
    Account Number
    ,
    Classic Infrastructure Username
    ,
    Classic Infrastructure API Key
    , and
    IBM Cloud API Key
     from the IBM account referred to in the previous section.
  9. Validate your credentials by selecting
    Test connection
  10. Once the connection is successful, select
    Add
     to create a connection.
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