Cloud provider
A cloud provider object in BMC Helix Discovery represents a single provider, or vendor, of cloud services. All cloud provider objects are set up automatically by the BMC Helix Discovery process.
To view a cloud provider
- From the main menu, select Explore > Data.
- In the Cloud & Container Orchestration section, click Cloud Providers.
- Select a cloud provider from the list.
The following screenshot displays the details of the cloud provider that you selected.
The information fields for a typical cloud provider are described in the following table:
Field name | Details |
|---|---|
Name | Name of the cloud provider. For example, Amazon Web Services. |
Short Name | Short name of the cloud provider. For example, AWS. |
Console URL | Console URL of the cloud provider. For example, https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home |
Regions | Displays all the regions included in this cloud provider. Each region is identified by a Short Name, Code, and Location. To view them, click the link for a cloud region. For example, in this cloud provider Amazon Web Services, a region included is: Short Name: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) : daas-dev-qa Code: ap-east-1 Location: Hong Kong |
All Virtual Machines | Shows all the virtual machines related to this cloud provider. |
All Block Storage | Shows all the block storage related to this cloud provider. |
All File Systems | Shows all the file systems related to this cloud provider. |
All Software Instances | Displays all the software instances related to this cloud provider. |
All Load Balancers | Displays all the load balancers information related to this cloud provider. |
All Administrative Collections | Displays all the administrative collections related to this cloud provider. |
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