Cloud Services

This article describes how to add Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud service accounts in Cayosoft Guardian for use with Forest Recovery and Recovery Sites. These accounts enable Guardian to deploy virtual machines, storage, and networking resources during a recovery operation.

Add an AWS account

Prerequisites

• An AWS IAM user with programmatic access enabled.
• The Access key ID and Secret access key for that IAM user.
• Sufficient IAM permissions for EC2, VPC, networking, and IAM role creation as required by your Guardian deployment.

Steps

1. In the left navigation menu, go to Forest Recovery > Cloud Services.
   
    
2. Click Add > AWS account to open the wizard.
3. On the General page, enter the IAM user credentials in the Access key ID and Secret access key fields.

4. Click Next to review the configuration on the Finish page, and then click Close.

After you close the wizard, the AWS account appears in Cloud Services and can be selected when you configure Recovery Sites for Forest Recovery.

Add a Microsoft Azure subscription

Prerequisites

• You are signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID account that has access to the required Azure subscription.

Steps

1. In the left navigation menu, go to Forest Recovery > Cloud Services.
    
2. Click Add > Azure subscription to open the wizard.
   
    
3. On the General page, verify the information and click Next.
4. On the Create new application page, click Sign In, enter the name of Entra application and click Next.
   
    
5. On the Select Azure subscription page, open the Select subscription list and choose the subscription you want Cayosoft Guardian to manage (for example, Production, , or Microsoft Azure Sponsorship).

NOTE: If an authorization error appears indicating that your account cannot perform Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write, review your Azure RBAC permissions, correct them as needed, and repeat the step.

7. When validation succeeds, click Next to go to the Finish page and then click Close.

After you close the wizard, the subscription appears in Cloud Services and is available for use when configuring Recovery Sites.