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

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  1. ADD AMAZON ACCOUNT:

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  1. Type AWS account name in the form. Select 'AWS IAM role' as authentication type.

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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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