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Cloudforet provides a service that helps integrate resources spread in many ‘cloud service’ providers and systematically manage them.

Learn more about Cloudforet through a user guide.

    To use Cloudforet's services, the following three prerequisites must be met:

    • User settings
    • Project settings
    • Service account settings

    User settings

    Cloudforet users are classified into three types: internal users, external users, and API users.

    This section only introduces how to add internal users, and how to add external users and API users can be found in [IAM] user guide.

    Adding a user

    (1) Click the [Create] button on the [Admin > Users] page.

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    (2) In the [Create user] modal, select the [Local] tab.

    (2-1) After entering the ID, click the [Check ID] button to check if the ID is valid.

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    (2-2) After entering the name, email, and password to identify the user, click the [OK] button to complete the user creation.

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    Project settings

    Create project and Project group for systematic resource management .

    Creating a project group

    Since a project must belong to one project group, you must first create a project group before creating a project.

    (1) Click the [Create project group] button on the [Project] page.

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    (2) After entering the project group name in the [Create project group] modal dialog, click the [OK] button to create the project group.

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    Creating a project

    After creating a project group, create a project that will belong to it.

    (1) Select the previously created project group from the list of project groups on the left and click the [Create project] button at the top right.

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    (2) After entering the project name in the [Create project] modal dialog, click the [OK] button to create the project.

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    Inviting project group members

    You can invite users to a project group to register as a Member of the project group.

    (1) Select the previously created project group from the [Project group] list on the left.

    (2) Click the [Manage project group members] icon button at the top right.

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    (3) Click the [Invite] button on the [Manage project group members] page to open the [Invite members] modal dialog.

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    (3-1) Select the member you want to invite. You can select and invite multiple members at once.

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    (3-2) Select the role to be granted to the members to be invited.

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    (3-3) After entering the labels for the members to invite, press the Enter key to add them.

    (3-4) Click the [OK] button to complete member invitation.

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    Service account settings

    Service Account means the Cloud service account required to collect resources for the cloud service.

    Adding cloud service account

    (1) On the [Asset Inventory > Service account] page, select the cloud service you want to add.

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    (2) Click the [Add] button.

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    (3) Fill out the service account creation form.

    (3-1) Enter basic information.

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    (3-2) Specify the project to collect resources from according to the service account.

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    (3-3) Enter encryption key information.

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    (4) Click the [Save] button to complete.


    After completing the above steps, if you want to use Cloudforet’s services more conveniently and in a variety of ways, please see the following guide: