How to backup instances in the GovCloud region
There are 2 ways to use CPM to protect GovCloud resources.
Option1:
Launch a CPM instance using AWS GovCloud Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/mp/govcloud/
Option2:
Use a CPM launched in another region.
The GovCloud region is disabled in CPM by default (unless it's installed inside GovCloud), and needs to be enabled using a utility on the CPM server.
To enable the GovCloud region, please connect to the CPM
instance using SSH (username: "cpmuser" and your assigned private key)
Then please type the following:- sudo cpm-manage-regions --list
<will type the list of disabled regions>
To enable the GovCloud region:
- sudo cpm-manage-regions --enable us-gov-west-1,us-gov-east-1
<the us-gov-east-1 region requires CPM v2.5.0 and newer>
When using GovCloud, please be aware that the GovCloud accounts are separate from accounts of all the other regions,
so any operation you'll try to do with a GovCloud account in other regions will fail and vice-versa.
Please make sure that in the GovCloud's account definition, you disable all
other regions for scanning. Also, for other accounts, please disable
the GovCloud region for scanning.