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This article instructs on adding AWS accounts to Cloudaware using AWS IAM role. Ensure you have the necessary permissions in AWS.

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Quick launch

Manual creation

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

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This option allows the manual creation of AWS CloudFormation stack. Click Template to download* the CloudFormation template:

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*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

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Quick launch

Manual creation

Note that Amazon S3 URL is pre-selected as Template source. 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).

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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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CloudAware Role ARN: leave it as is

CloudAware Role Name: Replace replace auto-generate with a meaningful name, e.g. Cloudaware_Role

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