Vantage integrates with your Fastly account through a read-only API token. Fastly API tokens are free for you to create, and adding them to the Vantage console takes only a few minutes.

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Connect Your Fastly Account

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Prerequisites

Create a free Vantage account, then follow the steps below to create a Fastly API token.
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Navigate and log in to the Fastly console.
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On the API tokens page, re-enter your password if prompted. Then, click + Create Token.
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Enter the following token details:
  • For Name, enter something relevant, like VantageReadOnlyToken.
  • For Type, select Automation token.
  • If the Role option is displayed, select Billing.
  • For Scope, select Read-only access (global:read) — Read account information configuration and stats. Ensure all other options remain unchecked. Vantage will never attempt to make changes to your Fastly infrastructure.
  • For Access, select All Services on YOUR_ORGANIZATION_NAME.
  • For Expiration, select Never expire.
4

Click Create Token, and re-enter your password if prompted. Fastly will generate your API token. Copy this token for the next steps.

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Create the Connection

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From the Vantage console, navigate to the Fastly Settings page.
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Click Add API Token, then paste the API token you just generated.
3

Click Connect account. Vantage will automatically begin ingesting and visualizing your costs within the Vantage console. It should take about an hour for cost data to populate.

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Next Steps - Manage Workspace Access

Once your costs are imported, select which workspaces this integration is associated with. See the Workspaces documentation for information.

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Data Refresh

See the provider data refresh documentation for information on when data for each provider refreshes in Vantage.

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Fastly Reporting Dimensions

On Fastly Cost Reports, you can filter across several dimensions:
  • Account (account name)
  • Category (e.g., CDN Data Transfer)
  • Subcategory (e.g., CDN Requests)
  • Resource (service resource ID)
  • Region (e.g., Usa)
  • Charge Type (e.g., Usage)
  • Service (e.g., CDN)
  • Tag (virtual tags created in Vantage for this provider)