Connecting Nutanix Beam to AWS

Nutanix Beam provides organizations with deep visibility and rich analytics detailing cloud consumption patterns, along with one-click cost optimization across their cloud environments. 

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Perform the following steps to add your AWS account:

1. Login to Beam https://beam.nutanix.com/app/admin

2. Click Add AWS account.

3. Choose your desired name for Beam AWS account.

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4. Select the desired app (Cost Governance) to configure.

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5. Choose the option as Payer Account.

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6. Follow the suggested steps to enable CUR in your AWS Payer Account.

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7. You may give write access to Beam to eliminate unused resources.

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8. Create Cost Governance Policy on AWS using the JSON editor.

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9. Create an account Role on AWS to give access to Beam.

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Note: Make sure of the account & external ID provided by Beam.

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10. Append the current bucket policies on AWS to the billing bucket.

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11. Verify the permissions and update the account.

Example of the available dashboards for AWS:

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Security Compliance:

To enable the Security compliance feature, you will need to modify the AWS account under the admin page.

1. Click on Configure Now under the Security Compliance.

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2. You may give write access to Beam to eliminate unused resources.

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3. Create the required Security policy on AWS.

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4. attach the security compliance policy to the previous created role on AWS

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5. Verify the permissions and update the account.

Note: It will take 4 - 24 hours to accumulate your cost information on Beam

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References:

Beam : Adding Payer account in Cost Governance (Video Walkthrough)

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