To add or change credentials

1. On the left, click Workloads > Cloud.

   In the PaaS tab, the assets that are available to you are displayed. The RDS assets are displayed in the Applications tab.

2. Select the database in the table, then click Manage credentials.
3. Select a Validation host. The validation host must be the RHEL media server which has connectivity to the PaaS workload.

   You can add existing credentials or create new credentials for the database:

   • To select an exiting credential for the account, select the Select from existing credentials option, select the required credential from the table below, and click Next.

   • To add a new credential for the account, select Add credentials, and click Next. Enter a Credential name, Tag, and Description for the new credential. Under Service credentials:

     • Select IAM database authentication for Amazon RDS assets only, and specify a Database username.

       See Creating an IAM database username.

       Note:

       If the Snapshot manager is deployed in-cloud with an attached IAM role having the required permission. You must also deploy the media server in same cloud environment and attach the same IAM role. Otherwise, the backup jobs for the AWS assets fail.

     • Select Password authentication and specify the username and the password for the database server. Click Next.

   • Add a role that you want to have access to the credential. To add new permissions to a role:

     • Click Add.

     • Select a role.

     • Select the credential permissions that you want the role to have.

     • Click Save.

4. Click Next to finish creating the credential.