This article describes the steps required to configure Azure accounts within the Buttonwood Cloud Broker to enable workloads to be deployed, managed, and accessed in Azure.
Prerequisites
- Administrative access to the Broker UI
- Creation of Azure credentials, with the following details recorded
- Subscription ID
- Directory ID
- Application ID
- Application Key
Configuration Steps
- Log in to the Broker UI as an administrative user
- Navigate to Admin > Accounts
- Select the Microsoft Azure tab
Note: If the Microsoft Azure tab doesn't appear, ensure that the required plugin is enabled
- Click Add
- In the Register AZURE Account screen, enter the following details
- Name: Name for this account
- Subscription ID: Subscription ID of your Azure subscription, recorded earlier in this article
- Tenant/Directory ID: Directory ID of your Azure Active Directory, recorded earlier in this article
- Application ID: Application ID of the App registration created for Buttonwood, recorded earlier in this article
- Application Key: Generated Application key of the App registration, created earlier in this article
- Description: Description for this account
- Rate Card: Select the appropriate rate card for this account
- Standard PAYG: The standard public rate card
- Microsoft Enterprise Agreement: A negotiated EA rate card
- Rate Card Discount: Any negotiated discount with the cloud service provider (range between 0 and 100)
- Tax Treatment: Select the tax treatment which will be applied to cost calculations
- Invoice Currency Code: The currency in which the service provider generates its bills
- Click Add
- Perform an account test and inventory