Docs: Create Huawei Cloud Account

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Procedure

On the Cloud Accounts page, click “Create” above the list.
Select Huawei Cloud, then click “Next: Configure cloud account”.
Configure:
- Name: Huawei Cloud account name.
- Key ID / Password: credentials for Huawei Cloud. See How to get Huawei Cloud parameters.
- Common parameters: see Common configuration parameters.
Click “Connection test” to verify parameters.
After a successful test, click “Next: Configure sync regions” (default: all regions).
Click “Next: Bill file access (optional)” to configure billing parameters.
Configure scheduled sync (optional), then click “OK” to create the Huawei Cloud account.

New console

Log in to the Huawei Cloud console, hover over the username in the upper right, and choose “My Credentials”.
Click “Access Keys” on the left, then “Create Access Key”.
After verification, an Excel file named credentials is downloaded. Open it to get Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

Legacy console

Log in to the Huawei Cloud console, hover over the username in the upper right, and choose “My Credentials”.
Open the “Manage Access Key” tab and click “Create Access Key”.
After verification, download the credentials Excel file and obtain Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

Permissions required to manage Huawei Cloud resources:

Permission note	Read-only	Read/write
Manage all Huawei Cloud resources (except IAM)	Tenant Guest	Tenant Administrator
Manage ECS	ECS ReadOnlyAccess	ECS FullAccess
Manage EVS	EVS ReadOnlyAccess	EVS FullAccess
Manage EPS	EPS ReadOnlyAccess	EPS FullAccess
Manage IMS	IMS ReadOnlyAccess	IMS FullAccess
Manage VPC	VPC ReadOnlyAccess	VPC FullAccess
Manage NAT Gateway	NAT ReadOnlyAccess	NAT FullAccess
Manage OBS	OBS ReadOnlyAccess	OBS Administrator
Manage ELB	ELB ReadOnlyAccess	ELB FullAccess
Manage RDS	RDS ReadOnlyAccess	RDS FullAccess
Manage DCS	DCS ReadOnlyAccess	DCS FullAccess
Manage CTS	CTS ReadOnlyAccess	CTS FullAccess
Manage SFS	SFS ReadOnlyAccess	SFS FullAccess
Manage WAF	WAF ReadOnlyAccess	WAF FullAccess
Manage IAM	IAM ReadOnlyAccess	Security Administrator
Manage DNS	DNS ReadOnlyAccess	DNS FullAccess
Manage Billing Center (BSS)	BSS Operator	BSS Administrator
Manage CES	CES ReadOnlyAccess	CES FullAccess

New console

On Huawei Cloud, open “Billing Center → Bills”.
Click “Overview” on the left. Under “Bill data storage” on the right, note the object storage name. If unset, enable bill data storage, configure an OBS bucket, and complete authorization.
In OBS, open the bucket overview; the access domain is the bucket URL.

Legacy console

On Huawei Cloud, open “More → Billing → Consumption overview”.
Click “Consumption data storage” on the left and note the bucket name. If unset, configure a bucket and complete authorization.
In OBS, open the bucket overview; the access domain is the bucket URL.