Billing Connector FOCUS

  1. On the Billing Connector main screen, in the "Billing Connector FOCUS" tab:

  1. The system allows you to add a new Billing connector by clicking on the "Add Connector" option:

  1. The screen for registering new Connectors will be displayed, where you will need to enter the following information:

  • Tipo: The system will come with the Focus option selected.

  • Cloud Provider: Select the data source that we will connect to the platform.

For the FOCUS connector type, Pier Cloud offers some billing options to connect the platform, including: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI.

Depending on the selected Cloud provider, the following fields may vary:

When selecting the AWS provider, you will be asked for the following information:

  • Billing Connector Identification: Enter the name that identifies the billing connector

  • AWS Account ID: Account identification number that contains your AWS Billing information

  • Data source for daily query:

    • Name of the s3 Bucket that contains the billing data information

    • Path containing the billing data: Inform the Path that contains the billing data inside the AWS s3 bucket

    • Type of file in bucket: Enter the type of file stored in the s3 bucket.

When selecting the Azure provider, you will be asked for the following information:

  • Billing Connector Identification: Enter the name that identifies the billing connector

  • Select the secret for this billing connector: We will use this secret to connect with the Azure environment and view the Billing data

  • Region: Select Azure region (Default or China)

  • Data source for daily query:

    • Name of the storare that contains the billing data information

    • Path containing the billing data: Inform the Path that contains the billing data inside the storage

When selecting the GCP provider, you will be asked for the following information:

  • Billing Connector Identification: Enter the name that identifies the billing connector

  • Select the secret for this billing connector: We will use this secret to connect with the GCP environment and view Billing data

  • GCP Account ID: Account identification number that contains Billing information in GCP.

  • Origin of information in GCP BigQuery

    • GCP Project ID: Inform the Project that we can find Billing information in BigQuery

    • Region: Enter the region where we can find Billing information

    • BigQuery dataset name: Enter the name of the dataset where we can find Billing information in BigQuery

  • BigQuery result destination in CloudStorage

    • GCP Project ID: Inform the Project that the BigQuery results will be directed to CloudStorage

    • Region: Enter the region where we can find Billing information

    • BigQuery dataset name: Enter the name of the dataset where we can find Billing information in BigQuery

    • Bucket name in CloudStorage: Enter the name of the bucket where we can find the information generated by BigQuery in CloudStorage

When selecting the OCI provider, you will be asked for the following information:

  • Billing Connector Identification: Enter the name that identifies the billing connector

  • Select the secret for this billing connector: We will use this secret to connect with the OCI environment and view the Billing data

To connect to AWS billing, we need the Pier247 IAM Role to be installed in your AWS account. For other Cloud providers (Azure, GCP and OCI) we need credentials with access to the respective provider's data. If you need help, contact the Pier Cloud team.

  1. Finally, after filling in all the requested information, clicking on the Save button, the system will return to the Billing Connector main screen, where it will be possible to view the connected Billing.

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