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Using AWS Organizations, you can create Service Control Policies (SCPs) that centrally control AWS service use across multiple AWS accounts. You can also use Organizations to help automate the creation of new accounts through APIs. Organizations helps simplify the billing for multiple accounts by enabling you to setup a single payment method for all the accounts in your organization through consolidated billing. AWS Organizations is available to all AWS customers at no additional charge.
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Benefits Of Using AWS Organizations In CloudAware
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Overview Checklist
- Ensure AWS Organization Organizations Master Account has a green status indicator in the Admin Panel.
- Deploy CloudAware CloudFormation template to all AWS Organization Organizations Accounts
- Request auto-adding of all AWS Organization Organizational Accounts to CloudAware CMDB
- AWS Organization Organizational Accounts are now visible as AWS Account objects.
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STEP 2. CloudAware Access To AWS Organizations Sub-Accounts
1. Download CloudAware Cloudformation CloudFormation Template with IAM policy from the CloudAware Admin Panel or use your custom template with policy.
2. Deploy Cloudformation CloudFormation template on every AWS Organizations Sub-Account.
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When granting CloudAware access to AWS Organization Organizations Sub-Account IAM External ID must be either blank or the same value or blank for all AWS Organizational Organizations Sub Accounts. See screenshot below. |
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If you need instructions on how to download template and execute CloudFormation Stack, click here.
Adding multiple AWS accounts with CloudFormation StackSets
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STEP 3. Notify CloudAware Support
1. Provide . Contact your dedicated account manager or tam@cloudaware.com to provide the Role Name and External ID (or indicate whether it was left blank via support@cloudaware.com) used when setting up the CloudFormation stack for your master AWS Organizations account.
2. Once the request has been resolved, all AWS Organization Sub-Accounts will show up in the Admin panel.
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