Onboarding: Pay As You Go / CSP accounts

The Azure onboarding process consists of three main parts:

1. Register Anodot as a trusted app in Azure Active Directory and create a storage account.
2. Connect the Azure account to the Anodot app.
3. Create an application in Anodot.

Part 1: Register Anodot as a trusted app in Azure Active Directory and create a storage account

1. Navigate to the Azure portal and log in.

2. In the left navigation menu, click Azure Active Directory.

3. In the left navigation menu, click App Registrations. Then click on New Registration.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter a name for the Anodot application (we recommend using Anodot-app) and then click on Register. Please save the application name to one side - you will need to insert it later when integrating with Anodot.
   
   
   
   
5. Navigate to App Registrations and open the app you just created.
   
   
   
   
6. Copy the following two values and save them to one side - you will need to insert them later when integrating with Anodot:
    - Application (client) ID
    - Directory (tenant) ID
   
   
   
   
7. Navigate to Certificates & Secrets and then click on New Client Secret.
   
   
   
8. When creating the new client secret, select the Expires = 730 days option.
   
   
   
   
9. Navigate to Certificates & Secrets and copy the Value of the client secret you just created and save it to one side - you will need to insert it later when integrating with Anodot.
   
   
   
   Make sure that you have saved the following four values ​​which you will need to enter in Anodot later: Application (client) ID, Application name, Directory (tenant) ID, and Client Secret Value
   
   
10. Navigate to the Azure home page and click Subscriptions.
11. Navigate to Access Control (IAM) and then click Add > Add role assignment.
    
    
    
    
12. In the Add role assignment screen, search for the Monitoring Reader role and add it.
    
    
    
    
13. Perform steps #11 + #12 again and add the Storage Blob Data Reader role.
14. Navigate to the Storage Account page, and click Create.
15. Create the Storage account as follows:
    
    
    
    - Subscription: the subscription to which the storage account will be related to.
    - Resource group: the resource group to which the storage account will be related to.
    - Storage account name: the name for the storage account (save this name to one side - you will need to insert it when integrating with Anodot).
    - Region: the region to which the storage account will be related to.
    
    
16. Navigate to the Containers page, and click on Container in order to create a new one. 
    Note: If you already have a container that can host the new blob, you can skip this step once you verify that the container has the roles from steps 12 + 13.
17. When creating the Container set the public access to Blob (Anonymous read access for blob only), and then click Create. In addition, save the Container name - you will need to insert it when integrating with Anodot.
    
    
    
    
18. Navigate to Cost Management + Billing, click on Export, and then Add.
    Note: If your storage account is protected by a firewall, you can create an export using a SAS key. Contact our support for more details and guidance.
19. Create a new export and choose the following values, and click on Create.
    
    
    
    
20. Navigate to the Exports page, mark the export you just created, and click Run now.
    note: under the "scope" button choose the scope of the billing export data
    
    
    
    

Make sure that from step 9 to step 17 you saved two values ​​which you will need to enter in Anodot later: Account Storage and Container name

Part 2: Connect your Azure account to the Anodot app

1. Login to Anodot Cloud Cost.
2. Click on your user email and navigate to the Account page.
   
   
   
   
3. From the account menu, navigate to the Cloud Account page and click on the Microsoft Azure icon.
   
   
   
   
4. Read the first page and click Let's Start.
   
   
   
   
5. Select Pay as you Go, and then click Next.
   
   
   
   
6. Enter the following values you saved after performing step 9, and click Test. In case you are a reseller select Reseller (CSP) in order to support the CSP billing export format.
7. Currency Type - is an optional setting, set as USD by default, in case the invoice currency is other the USD please select the relevant currency. Please note that the currency can't be updated by the user once selected and fully onboard.
   
   
   

After completing this step, within 24 hours you will be able to see your data in Anodot.

Part 3: Create an application in Anodot

The following steps will allow Anodot to receive data at the resource level and provide you with recommendations:

1. Login to Anodot Cloud Cost.
2. Click on your user email and navigate to the Account page.
   
   
   
   
3. From the account menu, navigate to the App Registration page and click on REGISTER A NEW APPLICATION.
   
   
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4. Enter all the values you entered while connecting the account in Part 2, and click Save.
   
   
   

Upon completing these steps, the account will run (automatically every day), the application will be connected (you will see a green circle under the status), and you will start seeing recommendations.