Updated on 2023-08-24 GMT+08:00

Agency Configuration

The Data Provider needs to be granted with the permission to obtain information from the public cloud platform. Therefore, create an agency on the public cloud platform to obtain the platform information and assign the agency to a cloud server. Then, the Data Provider installed on the cloud server can obtain the platform information through the agency.

Procedure

Perform the following operations to create an agency.

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Identity Access Management under Management & Deployment.
  3. Click Agencies in the left pane, and then click Create Agency in the upper right corner. The Create Agency page is displayed.
  4. Set agency parameters.

    • Agency Name: DataProviderAccess. This name is only for reference.
    • Agency Type: Cloud service
    • Cloud Service: Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) and Bare Metal Server (BMS)
    • Validity Period: Retain the default setting.
    • Permissions:
      1. Click Assign Permissions next to Permissions.
      2. In the displayed dialog box, enter Tenant Guest in the search box and select Tenant Guest. Select the target region in the Project [Region] column.
        Figure 1 Assigning permissions
      3. Click OK.

  5. Click OK to save the agency parameter configuration.

Follow-Up Operations

On the cloud server provisioning page, set Agency Name to DataProviderAccess so that the agency can be used by the ECS.