Configuration requirements for DPC:
For
DPC to communicate with
AWS cloud, the
AWS users must have Power User permissions configured for the
Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) web service to perform the following functions:
- Encryption
- Create
- Attach
- Detach
- Delete EBS Volumes
To create a Power User
AWS account for the
AWS environment:
- Create a Power Users AWS Group:
- Log on to your Amazon Web Services Management Console.
- Load the Identity and Access Management (IAM) dashboard.
- Under the Groups section, select Create New Group.
- In the Group Name box, type a name for your group, and click Next Step.
- In the Select Policy Template section, select Power User Access, and click Next Step.
- Click Create Group. The new group is listed under Group Name.
- Create a user:
- In the navigation pane, click Users, Create New Users.
- Under the Users section, click Create User.
- Type a user a name, select the option Generate an access key for each user, and click Create.
- Click Download Credentials, and then save the .csv file. These credentials contain both the Access Key and the Secret Key.
- Close this window.
- Assign the Power Users AWS group to the user:
- Under the Users section, select the user.
- In User Actions, click Add User to Groups.
- Select the Power Users AWS Group and click Add to Groups.
