Login to Cloud
AWS
AWS Account
Create an AWS account if you don’t have one, then login to AWS.
Please refer to Creating an AWS account for instructions.
Authentication to AWS CLI
First, install AWS CLI (command line interface) on your working machine. Please refer to Installing AWS CLI for detailed instructions.
After AWS CLI is installed, you need to configure AWS CLI about credentials. The quickest way to configure it
is to run aws configure
command, and you can refer to
Managing access keys
to get AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Access Key.
More details for AWS CLI can be found in AWS CLI getting started.
Azure
Azure Account
Create an Azure account if you don’t have one, then login to Microsoft Azure portal to get Subscription ID of your account.
Please refer to Creating an Azure account for instructions.
Authentication to Azure CLI
After CloudTik is installed on your working machine, login to Azure using az login
.
Refer to Signing in with Azure CLI for more details.
GCP
Google Cloud Account
Created a Google Cloud account if you don’t have one, then login to GCP.
Please refer to Creating a GCP account for instructions.
Creating a Google Cloud Project
Google Cloud projects form the basis for creating, enabling, and using all Google Cloud services. Create a project within your Google Cloud account.
Please refer to Creating projects for instructions.
Authentication calls to Google Cloud APIs.
First, follow Creating a service account to create a service account on Google Cloud.
To use the service account through API, you need a service account key. Refer to Create and manage service account keys for details.
A JSON key file should be safely downloaded to your local computer, and then set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
environment
variable as described in the Setting the environment variable
on your working machine.