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

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Quick launch

Manual creation

'CloudFormation Stack' This option allows launching the AWS CloudFormation stack with a pre-generated Cloudaware template. Click Launch Stack to be redirected to AWS Console:

aws start guide - using iam role - quick launch - launch. stack.png

'CloudFormation Template' This option allows the manual creation of and setting up of a stack for the Cloudaware IAM role. Click Template to download* the CloudFormation template:

aws start guide - using iam role - manual creation - download template.png

*Download populated with account data - the template will contain your Cloudaware account-specific data with AWS Account data auto-populated
Download with placeholders - the template will contain placeholders that need to be populated with AWS accounts data

Continue with the point 4 of this guide.

4. In AWS console, if you chose:

Quick launch

Manual creation

Note that Amazon S3 URL is pre-selected as Template source in Step 1. The URL for Cloudaware template is auto-populated. Click Next.

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Go to All Services → the section 'Management & Governance' → CloudFormation. 

Click Create Stack → With new resources (standard).

aws start guide - using iam role - aws console - create stack with new resources.png

At the 'Step 1 - Create Stack'* select Upload a template file →click Choose file* to upload the template. Click Next.

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* - upload the Cloudaware template.

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