To add an AWS data source:

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Go to Settings > Accounts and Data Sources > Add Source.
  2. Under Public Clouds, click Amazon Web Services.
  3. Select the Collector (Proxy) VM.
  4. Enter your Amazon Access Key ID and corresponding Secret Access Key.
    Note: Your Amazon Access Key ID is a 20-digit string with a corresponding Secret Access Key. For more details, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/managing-aws-access-keys.html.
    Note: To add AWS Gov Cloud Region as a data source, create an AWS IAM user by using the recommended policy in the AWS account with access to the Gov Cloud region. Use the Access key and the Secret key for the newly created account to add the data source to vRealize Network Insight.
    This process takes around 15–20 minutes for adding and displaying your account data.
  5. Click Validate.

    If the number of VMs discovered exceeds the capacity of the platform or a proxy node or both, the validation fails. You will not be allowed to add a data source until you increase the brick size of the platform or create a cluster.

    The specified capacity for each brick size with and without flows is as follows:
    Brick Size VMs State of Flows
    Large 6k Enabled
    Large 10k Disabled
    Medium 3k Enabled
    Medium 6k Disabled
  6. After you have validated your AWS account, you can select Enable Flows data collection to get deeper insights.