CLOUD - GOVERNANCE & CONTROL
Cloud Integrations
2 min
amberflo makes it easy to connect your cloud services so you can centralize, monitor, and optimize it spend across your entire organization by integrating data from the leading public cloud providers such as aws, azure, and google cloud platform (gcp), you gain real time visibility into usage and costs, all in a single, unified dashboard getting started with integrations to begin, navigate to the integrations page by selecting it from the left hand navigation under the system section, or use https //ui amberflo io/it spend/integrations/catalog on this page, you will start on the active tab and see a list of your active integrations if you have not set up any integrations yet, the list will be empty once you create an integration, it will appear in a pending state this is expected most cloud providers take between 24 to 48 hours to complete the initial connection creating a new integration to set up a new integration, click on the catalog tab this will display a list of all available integration options click on the service you want to connect (such as aws, azure, or gcp) to begin the setup process each integration includes step by step instructions to guide you through the configuration for provider specific setup guides, see the following pages why connect cloud providers? modern enterprises often operate in multi cloud environments, making it difficult to get a clear picture of overall spending without a centralized view, cost reporting is fragmented, inefficient, and prone to gaps in accountability amberflo solves this by consolidating the complete picture across your cloud accounts this unified perspective provides several key benefits • comprehensive visibility track and understand how it resources are being used across departments, projects, and teams • operational efficiency eliminate the overhead of switching between cloud portals or exporting siloed reports • financial accountability allocate costs to the appropriate business units with precision, and support chargeback or showback initiatives • cost optimization identify opportunities for rightsizing, waste reduction, and architectural improvements based on actual usage patterns this capability is particularly valuable for large enterprises with complex it environments it helps streamline financial governance and supports more informed decision making
