Implementation overview

Overview of Cloudthrottle Setup

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Below diagram illustrates the process of setting up CloudThrottle for your organization.

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To set up CloudThrottle Cost management platform, follow these step-by-step instructions:

Step 1: Submit CloudThrottle Subscription plan request

Visit the CloudThrottle website (www.CloudThrottle.com) and select subscription plan.
Follow the prompts to provide your email address, and agree to the terms of service and submit request

Step 2: Access the CloudThrottle Console

Once you've signed up subscription plan, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to access the CloudThrottle Console.
Click on the provided link or visit the CloudThrottle website and log in using your email address and password.

Step 3: Set up Cloud Credentials

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "User Setup" section.
Follow the instructions to establish the necessary user credentials and permissions for CloudThrottle.

Step 4: Set up Global Defaults for CloudThrottle

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Settings" section.
Select on the corresponding setup option and enter your Organization default values. Refer Global-Settings instruction

Step 5: Set up your Cloud Service Provider Vendor for your company

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cloud Account Setup" menu and click on the Vendor to add Cloud Service Provider aka Vendor/Reseller/Channel Partner.
Follow the instructions to add Vendor information. Refer Vendor-Setup instruction

Step 6: Set up your company's Product / Application List

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cloud Account Setup" menu and click on the Product to add product list aka Application/Component.
Follow the instructions to add Product List. Refer Product-Setup instruction

Step 7: Add your company's Cloud Accounts

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cloud Account Setup" menu and click on the New Account / Existing Account to add your company's cloud accounts.
Follow the instructions to add Cloud Accounts. Refer Account-Setup instruction

Step 8: Map Product to Cloud Account, where your Application is deployed

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cloud Account Setup" menu and click on the Existing account.
Select Account to Map Product
in the "Action" Column/Field, click three-dots and select Edit Button
Under "Associate Information" select related Product/Application associated with this account.
Under "Associate Information", select Infra, Vendor, Environment, etc. related to this Cloud Account.
Follow the instructions to add Vendor information. Refer Account-Setup instruction

Step 9: Cost management - Setup Budget to Cloud Account

In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cost Management" menu and click on "Budget Setup" to add Budget and its Threshold to your cloud Account
Follow the instructions to add Budget to your Cloud Account. Refer Budget-Setup instruction
View your configured Budget information the "Budget Overview" Dash board
Select appropriate "Account" and Click on it to View and Update Budget details.

Step 10: Cost Optimization - Setup Cloud Account Resources Scheduler to mange Up/Down time of resources.

Setup Preset Schedule - Refer Preset-Schedule instruction
~In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cost Optimization" menu and click on "Preset Schedules" to create your company's default Operational hours.
~Follow the instructions to add Preset Schedule.

Setup Cloud Resource Schedule - Refer Resource-Scheduler instruction
~In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Cost Optimization" menu and click on "Resource Scheduler"
~Account-Level: Select Account-Number in which you need to apply Up & Down Preset-schedule on the account level to apply Preset-Schedule to all the resources associated with that account
~Resources-Level: Click on Account-Number in which you need to setup individually Up & Down schedule to the resource.

Step 11: Financial Management - Setup Charge-Code and Export Master Mapping Data

Charge Code - In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Financial Management" menu and click on the "Charge Code" to add Charge-Back or Show-Back Information to the cloud accounts.
Follow the instructions to add Charge Code to the account. Refer Charge Code Setup instruction

Master Mapping - In the CloudThrottle Console, navigate to the "Financial Management" menu and click on the "Master Mapping" to export Summary of Account mapped information/Data for Cloud Data Modelling
Follow the instructions to export Master Mapping Data. Refer Master Mapping instruction to export the data for further Cloud Billing Data Modelling

Step 12: Dash Board - Provides pre-defined Summary of the CloudThrottle System Information (Upcoming)

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