Connecting the Edge Device to MgC

Prerequisites

You have installed Edge and registered an account.

Procedure

1. Use the registered username and password to log in to the Edge console. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Connections to MgC.

   

2. In Step 1: Enter Credential, enter the AK/SK pair of the Huawei Cloud account used to access MgC, and click List Migration Projects. Edge authenticates your identity using the entered AK/SK pair. After the verification is successful, you can go to the next step. If the AK/SK authentication fails, rectify the fault by referring to What Can I Do If AK/SK Verification Fails?.

   Determine whether to save the entered AK/SK pair as the target credential which will be used for migrating your workloads to Huawei Cloud.

   • If you select No, the entered AK/SK pair will be deleted after the Edge device is connected to MgC.
   • If you select Yes, the entered AK/SK pair will be encrypted and saved locally after the connection to MgC is successfully. The AK/SK pair will be delivered to the migration Agent for migrating your workloads to Huawei Cloud.

3. In Step 2: Select MgC Migration Project, select a migration project from the project drop-down list. Edge will report the collected information about your source resources to this project.
4. In Step 3: Preset Display Name for Edge, specify a name for the Edge device, which will be displayed on the MgC console, and click Next. Confirm the connection to MgC, and click OK.
   

   After the Edge device is connected to MgC, the name you specified here cannot be modified.

5. After the connection is successful, perform the following operations:
   • Go to the MgC console and check the connection status of the Edge device and manage the Edge device.
   • Add or modify the target credential.
   • Add the credentials of the source cloud or source servers for discovery and migration.