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Viewing the Resources Summary

Accessing the External Resources Page

When you work with an external cloud, you can view a detailed summary of the resources being used by that cloud in CloudShare.

An External Resources Summary page can be accessed from the following CloudShare components:

  • Environment details page
  • Snapshot details page
  • Class details page (when accessed from this page, the External Resources Summary page displays details from the default snapshot of the selected class).

To access the External Resources Summary:

  1. Go to the Environment, Snapshot or Class Details page that is associated with the external resources you want to view.
  2. In the details listing, immediately to the right of External Resources, click the commodity cloud name (e.g., Azure):



  1. The External Resources Summary for Environment page is displayed for the selected cloud type.

The external resources details displayed will vary, depending upon the currently selected external cloud type. The following is an example of the summary page provided for a GCP configuration:

Tip: The clipboard clipboard_icon.png icon displayed to the right of some fields on the page enables you to quickly copy a value for use elsewhere, when required.

External Resource Details

  • Environment -  The name of the environment associated with the external resources.
  • External Cloud - The name of the External Resource commodity cloud provider.
  • Status - The current environment status for the commodity cloud.
  • Creation Script - The name of a Terraform script used to define the environment, if a script is being used.
  • AWS Account Name and AWS Account ID (AWS configurations only) - The name and ID of the associated AWS account, provided by Amazon.
  • Azure Resource Group (Azure configurations only) - The name of the associated Azure Resource Group.
  • Google Project (GCP configurations only) - The name of the associated GCP project, provided by GCP.
  • Selected Region - The region where the selected cloud provider will create the environment. This is the region assigned to the selected snapshot. It may not reflect the region assigned for a class that uses this snapshot.
  • Selected Zone (GCP configurations only) - The zone where GCP will create the environment. Each GCP region supports different zones.
  • Permitted Regions - The region(s) that have been enabled for use for the environment. Regions can be restricted for your account due to technical or cost considerations. For more details, contact your CloudShare Support representative.
  • AWS Account RSA Key (AWS configurations only) - The security key used for the associated AWS project, provided by Amazon. Used for SSH access.
  • Project-Wide RSA Key (GCP configurations only) - The security key used for the associated GCP project, provided by GCP. Used for SSH access to VMs that do not have the GCP Block project-wide SSH keys option turned on.
  • Compute Service Credentials (GCP configurations only) - The service credentials used for the associated GCP project, provided by GCP in JSON format.

External User Details

  • Role or IAM User Policy (AWS configurations only) - The role or policy that external users of the commodity cloud are assigned when using this environment. If no value appears here, no value has not been assigned for external users.
  • Status - The current user status for the commodity cloud. Possible values are:
    • Initial
    • In Progress
    • Succeeded
    • Failed
    • Do Not Create
    • Deleting
    • Deleted
    • Suspended
    • Reactivating
  • Email - The email/username that is used for an external user of the commodity cloud.
  • Password - The password that is assigned to an external user of the commodity cloud.

External Resource Custom Data

This portion of the page displays Custom Data details that are assigned to the commodity cloud when using this environment. For details, see Adding Custom Data to an External Resource.

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