Linking an AWS Account

To link an AWS provider account with your pgEdge Distributed Postgres (Cloud Edition) account, select the Cloud Accounts heading in the left navigation pane and then the + Link Cloud Account button. The Link Cloud Account popup opens:

On the Link Cloud Account popup, select the AWS icon to expand the dialog.

If you have an AWS IAM Role you wish to use, you can use the fields in the top portion of the dialog to create the link:

• Provide a user-friendly name in the Account Name field.
• Provide an account description in the Account Description field.
• Provide your AWS IAM role identifier in the AWS IAM Role field.

When you're finished, press the Link Account button to link the account and add it to the Cloud Accounts page.

Creating an AWS IAM Role for use with Cloud

The Cloud console provides an AWS CloudFormation Template to simplify creation of an IAM role. Template settings create a role that allows Cloud to securely provision resources in your Cloud account (using IAM cross-account trust policies to assume the role). This is the AWS-recommended approach.

Before using the Cloud wizard to create an IAM role, open a browser tab and log in to your AWS account. Then, return to the Cloud console window and select the Open the Create Stack Wizard button. When the AWS Quick create stack window opens, the template is displayed, complete with the details you need to create an IAM role for replication management.

The URL of the Cloud AWS CloudFormation Template is: https://pgedge-public-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/product/templates/cloudformation.template

CloudFormation prompts you to provide a name for the stack in the Stack name field; you can accept the default and scroll down.

The CloudFormation Stack Parameters are completed as required, allowing Cloud to securely provision resources with your AWS account.

No changes are required in the CloudFormation Stack Permissions section.

Review the message in the Capabilities section, and check the box next to I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names. Then, select Create stack.

AWS CloudFormation navigates to a page listing the stack creations that are in progress; when your stack completes, select the Resources tab in the right pane.

Select the link in the Physical ID column to open a details page in the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service console. The ARN is displayed in the page Summary.

Copy the role ARN, and return to the Cloud console. Add the role ARN to the AWS IAM Role field, specify a name for the account in the Account Name field, and a description of the account in the Account Description field. Select the Link Account button to finish linking your account to the Cloud console.

With a linked account in place, you're ready to create an Enterprise Edition cluster.

Creating an AWS Key Pair

To create a new AWS key pair:

1. Sign in to the AWS management console.
2. Navigate to the EC2 service.
3. Select Key Pairs from the Network & Security menu.
4. Select the Create key pair button located in the upper-right corner of the Key Pairs window to specify the key pair details.

On the AWS Create key pair window, provide a name for the key pair in the Name field; the other fields can be left to their defaults. Select Create key pair to create the key pair and return to the main Key pairs window.

You can now use the AWS key pair when defining a cluster that is provisioned in the AWS cloud.

Enabling a Region in the AWS Console

While you can access all regions in the Cloud console, not all regions may be enabled for use in your AWS account. To enable a region, log in to the AWS management console; then, use the arrow to the right of your user name (in the upper-right corner) to access the account information menu.

Select the Account menu option to navigate to the Account information page; scroll down to the AWS Regions table.

To enable a region for use with Cloud, check the box to the left of the region name, and select the Enable button. A popup will open, asking you to confirm that you wish to enable the region(s); select the Enable regions button to continue. Use the refresh button in the upper-right corner to update table to check the Status column.

Deleting an Account Link

Before deleting an account link, ensure that any resources deployed with Cloud have been backed up to your satisfaction and destroyed. Then, to delete the link to a cloud vendor account, select the menu icon (...) in the top-right corner of the pane of a linked account.

When the menu opens, select Unlink Account.

To confirm that you wish to unlink the account, enter the account name in the Unlink Cloud Account popup, and press the Unlink Account button.