Register and Manage Azure Cloud Account
Palette supports integration with Azure cloud accounts. This section explains how to create an Azure cloud account in Palette. You can use any of the following authentication methods to register your cloud account.
Prerequisites
- An active Azure cloud account with sufficient resource limits and permissions to provision compute, network, and security resources in the desired regions. Refer to the Required Permissions section for more information.
- An Azure App with valid credentials.
Add Azure Cloud Account
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Log in to Palette as a tenant admin.
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From the left Main Menu, select Tenant Settings.
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Next, select Cloud Accounts in the Tenant Settings Menu.
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Locate Azure, and click + Add Azure Account.
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Fill out the following information, and click Confirm to complete the registration.
| Basic Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Account Name | A custom account name. |
| Tenant ID | Unique tenant ID from Azure Management Portal. |
| Client ID | Unique client ID from Azure Management Portal. |
| Client Secret | Azure secret for authentication. Refer to Microsoft's reference guide for creating a Client Secret. |
| Cloud | Select Azure Public Cloud or Azure US Government. |
| Tenant Name | An optional tenant name. |
| Disable Properties | This option prevents Palette and VerteX from creating Azure Virtual Networks (VNets) and other network resources on your behalf for static placement deployments. If you enable this option, all users must manually specify a pre-existing VNet, subnets, and security groups when creating clusters. |
| Connect Private Cloud Gateway | If you will be launching Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS), use the drop-down Menu to select a self-hosted PCG that you created to link to the cloud account. |
Validate
You can verify your account is added.
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Log in to Palette.
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From the left Main Menu, select Tenant Settings.
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Next, on the Tenant Settings Menu, select Cloud Accounts.
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The added cloud account is listed under Azure with all other available Azure cloud accounts.
Use the three-dot Menu in the row of the cloud account to edit Azure account information in Palette or remove the account from Palette.