Preparing to Use the APIs and CLI

Procedure to prepare an account for the API and CLI.

To use the APIs or the CLI, the cloud administrator must complete the following tasks:

1. Create vDC.
2. Create an account for the vDC.
3. Create a cloud account and associate this account with the vDC account and vDC.
4. Give the credentials for the cloud account to the intended user.
5. The cloud user creates an access key for the account, as described in Creating an Access Key, to manage the account's resources.