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.
Log in to your Cloudaware account → Admin.
Find Amazon Organizations & Accounts. Click +N Configured → Add Amazon Account.
Type AWS account name in the form. Select 'Access & Secret Keys' as the authentication type by clicking the corresponding tile.
Click Cloudaware IAM Policies → download all Collector policies (Part #1, Part #2, Part #3, Part #4).
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
Sign in to your AWS console.
a. Go to All Services → the section 'Security, Identity, & Compliance' → IAM.
b. Select 'Users'. Choose the user to assign permissions to. (to create a user from scratch - use the guide https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html)
Ensure the selected user has access and secret keys assigned.
c. Select the tab 'Permissions' → Add permissions → Create Inline policy.
Select the tab 'JSON' on the next page.
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.
Click Review Policy. Fill in the name and click Create policy.
Go back to Cloudaware. Insert the Access and Secret keys in the form. Click Check.
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.