Supported systems and access requirements
For specific prerequisites and configuration requirements, see the Cloud Data Collector information.
Data Collectors require the following privileges to access APIs and underlying details:
On Linux, root privileges for SSH
On Windows, administrator privileges for WMI.
Table: Data Collection Prerequisites
Vendor | Subsystems | Dev Mgr/API/CLI | Access Requirements | Ports | Notes |
|---|
Amazon Web Services |
S3 Bucket (Details and Usage) - Simple Storage Service (S3) for storage in the cloud EC2 Details - Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) for computing services, much like virtual servers Billing Records - Usage and corresponding charges, by service
| AWS Java SDK | Before a Data Collector can gain read-only access to retrieve data the following steps are required in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Configure an S3 Bucket to Receive Billing Reports. Activate AWS detailed billing. Select Cost Allocation Tags. Create an AWS IAM User and provide the mandatory privileges. For mandatory privileges, see NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for the Cloud >> Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS) >> Mandatory probe user privileges section. Generate Access Keys. Link AWS Accounts for Collection of Consolidated Billing Data.
| https 443 for read-only access to the data | AWS reports are under Capacity Manager and Virtualization Manager. |
Microsoft |
Azure Virtual Machine Azure Storage Account Azure Billing Azure Backup
| REST API |
Prerequisite: Install the Azure Powershell client on a Windows computer. Execute Microsoft Azure Powershell as an administrator.
Find your Tenant ID and Azure Subscription ID Register a new Application Create a Principle and assign Contributor role to the application. Find your Azure Application ID, Offer ID Application Password.
| 443 | The Data Collector only supports Azure resources deployed with the Resource Manager model. A maximum of 105 subscriptions can be selected in a policy. |
OpenStack | OpenStack Swift (Juno10, TBC), SwiftStack v2.2 | |
Keystone v2 Proxy path for Swift configuration files must be specified. Controller credentials that have access to tenants/projects. Swift proxy server credentials with super-user privileges.
| 35357 for Keystone Admin
5000 for Keystone Public
22 for SSH |
If multiple proxies exist, NetBackup IT Analytics uses only one. Capacity reports will reflect only one proxy. Configure the policy to use the address of the actual proxy server, not the server responsible for load balancing. Capacity data is collected from devices mapped to OpenStack nodes.
|
OpenStack | OpenStack Ceilometer | REST API |
| 35357 for Keystone Admin
5000 for Keystone Public
8777 for Ceilometer API Service
8774 for Compute | |
Google cloud platform | Virtual Machine Details - Secure and customizable compute service that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure. Storage Buckets (Details and Usage) - Cloud Storage is a service for storing your objects in Google Cloud. Billing Records - Usage and corresponding charges, by service.
| REST API | Create a billing data access role
. Create an IAM service account user and create key.
Enable billing account access. Enable billing export.
Enable the cloud API's.
Grant access of each project to the service account.
| 443 | Data collector policy requires service account email and private key. |
