AWS Account onboarding¶
In this section we can find the steps to onboard an AWS cloud account to the AccuKnox SaaS platform.
AWS IAM User Creation¶
Please follow the following steps to provide a user with appropriate read access:
Step 1: Navigate to IAM → Users and click on Add Users
Step 2: Give a username to identify the user
Step 3: In the "Set Permissions" screen:
a. Select "Attach policies directly"
b. Search "ReadOnly", Filter by Type: "AWS managed - job function" and select the policy
c. Search "SecurityAudit", Filter by Type: "AWS managed - job function" and select the policy
Step 4: Finish creating the user. Click on the newly created user and create the Access key and Secret Key from the Security Credentials tab to be used in the AccuKnox panel
AWS Onboarding¶
In this example we are onboarding AWS account using the Access Keys method.
Step 1: To onboard Cloud Account Navigate to Settings→cloud Accounts
Step 2: In the Cloud Account Page select Add Account option
Step 3: Select the AWS option
Step 4: In the next Screen select the labels and Tags field from the dropdown Menu.
Step 5: After giving labels and Tag in the Next Screen Provide the AWS account’s Access Key and Secret Access Key ID and Select the Region of the AWS account.
Step 6: AWS account is added to the AccuKnox using Access Key Method. We can see the onboarded cloud account by navigating to Settings→cloud Accounts option.
