Prerequisites

• A Vanus Cloud account.
• AWS IAM Access Key.
• AWS permissions ce:GetCostAndUsage for the IAM user.

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Perform the following steps to configure your Amazon billing Source.

Step 1: Create a new User in AWS

1. Log in to the AWS Management Console using your root account credentials.

2. Navigate to the IAM service by searching for IAM① and click the IAM② service.

3. Click on the Users③ tab in the left navigation menu, and then click the Create user④ button.

4. Write your User name⑤ and click Next⑥.

5. Select Attach policies directly⑦, and click on Create policy⑧.

6. Click on Choose a service⑨ to open the dropdown menu.

7. Select Cost Explorer Service⑩.

8. Search for the following policy: GetCostAndUsage⑪, tick the box⑫ to select it, and then press Next⑬ to proceed to the next page.

9. Name⑭ your policy.

10. Click Create policy⑮.

11. Return back to your previous TAB⑯.

12. Refresh⑰ the policy list, search⑱ for your custom policy, check the box⑲ next to it to add it to your account, and then click on Next⑳.

13. Review and press Create user㉑.

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Step 2: Create an Access key and Secret access Key

1. Now click on the user① you just created.

2. Under Security credentials② scroll down the page to Access Keys, and Click Create access key③.

3. Select Command Line Interface (CLI)④, tick the Confirmation box⑤ and click Next⑥.

4. Click Create access key⑦.

5. Download your Access key and Secret access key by clicking the Download .csv file⑧ button, and then click Done⑨.

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Step 3: Amazon Billing Connection Settings

1. Write a Name① for your connection.

2. Enter your Access Key ID② and Secret Access Key③, specify the preferred event Fetching Time④, and then proceed by clicking on Next⑤.

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Learn more about Vanus and Vanus Connect in our documentation.