Set Up Your Workspace

Workspaces are the foundation of how CloudThinker organizes your cloud resources and operations.

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Sign up and sign in

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Set Up Your Workspace

  • A default workspace is automatically created when you first log in.

  • Navigate to the Overview tab

  • Customize your workspace:

    • Update the workspace name to something meaningful for your team

    • Add a description to clarify the workspace's purpose

The beta version currently supports AWS Cloud, support for other major public cloud providers like GCP and Azure is coming soon.

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Connect your AWS account

Follow these simple steps to link your AWS environment:

  1. Go to the Account tab

  2. Fill in the AWS Account form:

    • Basic Information:

      • Account Name: Choose an easily identifiable name

      • AWS Account ID: Enter your 12-digit AWS ID

      • Environment Type: Development, Production, etc.

      • Description: Add details about this account's purpose

    • Security Credentials:

      • AWS Access Key ID

      • AWS Secret Access Key

      Use credentials with read-only permissions initially. Consider creating a dedicated IAM user for CloudThinker access, follow: Creating a Least-Privilege IAM Policy for AWS Account Access

      To be more secure, you should allow CloudThinker to perform actions within its control. Please use the least privileged permission

      Or contact our team to get support: https://www.cloudthinker.io/contact

    • Sync Settings:

      • Choose sync frequency: Every 30 minutes or Custom schedule

    • Resource Selection:

      • Select which services to monitor

    • Region Selection:

      • Choose the AWS region where your resources are deployed

Note: CloudThinker will only access the specific region you select

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Click Save to complete the connection

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Verify Resource Synchronization

After connecting your AWS account, it's important to verify that your resources have been properly synced to CloudThinker:

  1. Navigate to the Resources in the main navigation, or go to https://app.cloudthinker.io/resources?status=running in your browser

  2. Review the displayed resources to ensure they match what you expect to see from your AWS account

  3. Check that resources from the selected region are visible

  4. Confirm that the resource types you selected during setup (EC2, RDS, etc.) appear in the listing

  5. If resources are missing or incomplete:

    • Verify that the initial sync has completed (this may take up to 30 minutes for large accounts)

    • Check that your permissions are correctly configured

    • Ensure you selected all relevant AWS regions during setup

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