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This article instructs on adding an AWS account to Cloudaware using access and secret keys. Ensure you have a Cloudaware account and the necessary level of access to the AWS console before proceeding.

  1. Log in to your Cloudaware account → Admin.

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  1. Find Amazon Organizations & Accounts. Click +N Configured → Add Amazon Account.

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  1. Type AWS account name in the form. Select 'Access & Secret Keys' as the authentication type by clicking the corresponding tile.

  2. Click Cloudaware IAM Policies → download all Collector policies (Part #1, Part #2, Part #3, Part #4).

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The rest of the IAM Policies are optional, depending on the functionality you will use, such as:
CloudTrail (all accounts)
Billing (all accounts)
CloudAware Monitoring
Backups
Tagging (Part #1)
Instance Scheduler
Conflux

  1. Sign in to your AWS console

a. Go to All Services → the section 'Security, Identity, & Compliance' → IAM

b. Select 'Users'. Choose the userto assign permissions to. (to create a user from scratch - use the guidehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html)

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Ensure the selected user has access and secret keys assigned.

c. Select the tab 'Permissions' → Add permissions → Create Inline policy.

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Select the tab 'JSON' on the next page.

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d. Open the previously downloaded file in any text editor, copy the policy code, and paste it into the Policy Document. Make adjustments if needed.

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Click Review Policy. Fill in the name and click Create policy.

  1. Go back to Cloudaware. Insert the Access and Secret keys in the form. Click Check.

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Once validation is passed,click Add.

Your AWS account will be added automatically. Please allow some time for Cloudaware to gather data from your AWS account based on the granted permissions.