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This article instructs on adding an AWS account explains how to add AWS accounts to Cloudaware using the an AWS IAM role. Ensure you have a Cloudaware account and the necessary level of access to the AWS console before proceedingpermissions in AWS. |
Log in to your Cloudaware account → Admin.
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Find Amazon Organizations & Accounts. Click +N Configured CONFIGURED → +Add Amazon Account.ADD AMAZON ACCOUNT:
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Type AWS account name in the form. Select 'AWS IAM role' as authentication type.
a. Select AWS Partition
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b.
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Generate
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External ID:
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Copy and save External ID required for Cloudaware IAM Role creation in AWS console.
c. Select the option for CloudFormation stack creation:
Quick launch |
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Manual creation
This option allows launching |
AWS CloudFormation stack with a pre-generated Cloudaware template. Click |
LAUNCH STACK to be redirected to AWS Console:  |
Manual creation |
This option allows the manual creation of |
AWS CloudFormation stack. Click |
TEMPLATE to download* the CloudFormation template:  *Download populated with account data - the template will contain your |
AWS Account data auto-populated, e.g. S3 bucket names |
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account |
Log in to the AWS console:
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Manual creation |
Go to All Services → the section 'Management & Governance' → CloudFormation. Click Create |
Stack → With new resources (standard). |
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Under ' |
Prerequisite - Prepare template', select Choose an existing template. Under 'Specify template', select Upload a template file →click Choose file |
and upload the Cloudaware template.  Click Next. |
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Specify stack details
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a. Provide Stack name
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b. Fill in Parameters:
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CloudAware Role ARN
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- leave it as is
CloudAware Role Name
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- replace
auto-generatewith a meaningful name, e.g.
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CloudawareRole
External ID
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- paste External ID generated in the Cloudaware console
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c. In the section 'Policies', select preferable features. Click Next.
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(see step 3.b)
Set up tags and permissions, stack failure options, and advanced options
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if necessary. Check the box I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names.
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Click Next.
Review the stack details. Click Submit.
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Please allow some time for the stack to be created. |
Open the tab 'Outputs' for the created stack. Copy the IAM Role ARN value.
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Go back to Cloudaware.
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Paste Role ARN in the form. Click
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CHECK:
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Once validation is passed,click
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SAVE.
Your AWS account will be added automatically. Please allow some time for Cloudaware to gather data from your AWS account based on the granted permissionscollect AWS data.