Setting Up an AWS IAM User or IAM Role
Turbonomic connects to your AWS environment through an IAM user or IAM role.
Refer to the following table for guidance on the IAM identity that you need to set up based on your Turbonomic deployment.
Turbonomic Deployment |
IAM Identity to Set Up |
---|---|
Deployed on premises using an OVA or VHD image |
IAM user |
Deployed and maintained by your Turbonomic representative (also known as Turbonomic SaaS) |
IAM role or IAM user |
Deployed to Kubernetes in AWS through Amazon EKS or Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) |
IAM role or IAM user |
Deployed to Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud |
IAM user |
For best practices on managing IAM identities, see the AWS documentation.
Next Step
For connection through an IAM user
Set up an IAM user in AWS. For details, see this topic.