Setup Your Workspace

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

1

Sign up and sign in

• Visit https://app.cloudthinker.io

• Create a new account or sign in with your existing credentials

2

Set Up Your Workspace

• A default workspace is automatically created when you first log in. Or just create the new workspace here https://app.cloudthinker.io/workspaces

• 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.

3

Connect your AWS account

Important Security Note: We recommend starting with read-only access permissions when first connecting your AWS account. Following the principle of least privilege, only grant the minimum permissions necessary for CloudThinker to perform its functions. You can gradually expand permissions as needed after evaluating performance and security requirements.

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: Select Development, Production, etc.

     • Description: Add details about this account's purpose

   • Security Credentials:

     • AWS Access Key ID

     • AWS Secret Access Key

     • Recommended: Use credentials with read-only permissions initially

     • Consider creating a dedicated IAM user role for CloudThinker access

   • Sync Settings:

     • Choose sync frequency: Every 30 minutes or Custom schedule

   • Resource Selection:

     • Select which services to monitor:

       • Database (RDS)

       • Compute (EC2, ECS, EKS)

       • Network (VPC)

       • Additional services (REDSHIFT, CLOUDFORMATION, etc.)

   • Region Selection:

     • Choose the AWS regions where your resources are deployed

Note: CloudThinker will only access the specific regions you select

4

Click Save to complete the connection

5

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 section by clicking on "Resources" in the main navigation or going 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 all selected regions 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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