Preparations

Signing Up for a Huawei Cloud Account with Required Permissions

1. Sign up for a Huawei Cloud account and complete real-name authentication. If you have already signed up for a Huawei Cloud account and completed real-name authentication, skip this step.
   1. Visit Huawei Cloud and click Sign Up.
   2. Sign up for a Huawei Cloud account.
   3. (Optional) Complete real-name authentication. Real-name authentication is the process of submitting valid identity information (such as a passport or business license) for verification when you use cloud services offered in the Chinese mainland. There are individual real-name authentication and enterprise real-name authentication.

      According to relevant laws and regulations, unauthenticated accounts cannot purchase cloud services in the Chinese mainland and your account and rights may not be protected. For more information, see Real-Name Authentication Overview.

      To complete real-name authentication, refer to:

      • Individual account: Individual Real-Name Authentication
      • Enterprise account: Enterprise Real-Name Authentication
2. Create an IAM user and grant permissions to the user. Skip this step if you use a Huawei Cloud account (administrator account).
   1. Create an IAM user. For details, see Creating an IAM User or Creating an IAM User (New Version).
   2. Create a custom policy and grant permissions to the IAM user. For details, see Using Roles or Policies to Assign Custom Permissions to IAM Users or Using Identity Policies to Assign Custom Permissions to IAM Users (New Version). For details about how to grant permissions, see Assigning Permissions to an IAM User or Assigning Permissions to an IAM User (New Version).
3. Obtain an AK/SK pair for the account.

   The Agent uses the AK/SK of the target account for authentication when connecting to the MgC console. For details, see Creating an Access Key.