Configure Credential Store

Overview

The Credential Store service is a centralized space where you can store your public and private cloud credentials for your Virtual Machine (VM.) You can directly use your credentials on the credential store to provision VMs using Blueprints or Free-form wizard.

Configure your Credential Store

Before you begin
Ensure that you have access to at least one resource pool.

The HCP portal supports two types of credential stores:

Key-Pair: create a Key-Pair using the HCP Portal and use it while provisioning VMs.
Password Store: save your Username and encrypted Password.

Note
You can create Password Store for:

Microsoft Azure and,

a Key-Pair Store for these resources:

Microsoft Azure
VMware vSphere
Microsoft Hyper-V
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Generate Key-Pair

You can generate a Key-Pair Credential on the HyperCloud^TM Platform (HCP) using the Credential Store feature. Creating a credential store lets you authorize all your resources in one go. You can generate key-pairs for:

Public access: anyone with a public access key-pair can authorize your resources.
Private access: only users who have access to your private key-pair can authorize your resources.

To generate a key-pair:

Login to your HCP account.
Click Services Orchestration.
Navigate to Services > Click Credential Store > Click New > Select Key-Pair Store.
Enter these details in the Key Pair dialog.
1. Select the Cloud from the drop-down list.
2. Enter a unique suffix Name for your Cloud.
  Example: AWS-KP1
3. If you’ve selected an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud: you’ll need to select the resource pool from the Resource Pool drop-down.
4. Click Generate Keys.
5. If you want to provide access to other users, click Groups & Users
  - Enter the first alphabet of the Username to find and select the Users you want to entitle.
  - Enter the first alphabet of the Group to find and add Groups that you want to entitle.
Click Save.

Note
If you see more than one resource pool in the Resource Pool drop-down, repeat Step C.

Create a Password Store

To authenticate your Microsoft Azure resources using a Username and a Password, you’ll need to create a Password Store. To create a password store:

Login to your HyperCloud™ Platform (HCP) account.
Click Service Orchestration.
Navigate to Services > Click Credential Store > Click New > Select Password Store.
Enter these details in the Credentials dialog:
1. Enter a Name for your Password Store.
2. Enter your cloud account Username.
3. Enter your cloud account Password.
4. If you want other users to access your credentials, click Groups & Users.
  1. Enter the first alphabet of the Username to find and select the Users you want to entitle.
  2. Enter the first alphabet of the Group to find and add Groups that you want to entitle.
Click Save.