Creating and managing IBM Cloud services

Last updated: Jan 12, 2024

You can create IBM Cloud service instances within Cloud Pak for Data as a Service from the Services catalog.

Prerequisite: You must be signed up for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
Required permissions: For creating or managing a service instance, you must have Administrator or Editor platform access roles in the IBM Cloud account for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. If you signed up for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service with your own IBM Cloud account, you are the owner of the account. Otherwise, you can check your IBM Cloud account roles and permissions.

Creating a service

To view the Services catalog, select Services > Services catalog from the main menu. For a description of each service, see Services.

To check which service instances you have, select Services > Service instances from the main menu. You can filter which services you see by resource group, organization, and region.

To create a service:

Log in to Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
Select Services > Services catalog from the main menu.
Click the service you want to create.
Specify the IBM Cloud service region.
Select a plan.
If necessary, select the resource group or organization.
Click Create.

Managing services

To manage a service:

Select Services > Services instances from the main menu.
Click the Action menu next to the service name and select Manage in IBM Cloud. The service page in IBM Cloud opens in a separate browser tab.
To change pricing plans, select Plan and choose the desired plan.