Integrate an AWS account or organization

Learn how to complete an AWS integration in the Apono UI

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Overview

Apono offers AWS users a simple way to centralize cloud management through our platform. Through a single integration, you can manage multiple AWS services across various accounts and organizations.


Integrate an AWS account

Prerequisites

  • Apono connector installed in your AWS account
  • To sync and manage access to EC2 servers, make sure you add the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore policy to the connector's IAM role

Integration

Integrating an Amazon account

AWS tile


Follow these steps to integrate Apono with your AWS account:

  1. On the Catalog tab, click AWS. The Connect Integrations Group page appears.
  2. Under Discovery, click Amazon Account.
  3. Click one or more resource types to sync with Apono.

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    Apono automatically discovers and syncs all the instances in the environment. After syncing, you can manage Access Flows to these resources.

  4. Click Next. The Apono connector section expands.
  5. From the dropdown menu, select a connector. Choosing a connector links Apono to all the services available on the account where the connector is located.

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    If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating an Apono connector.

  6. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.
  7. Define the Integration Config settings.
    Setting Description
    Integration Name Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
    Region Region in which the organization runs
    AWS Profile Name (Optional) Name of the AWS profile

    By default, Apono sets this value to apono.
    Enable Audit (Optional) Feature that allows Apono to ingest and aggregate session audit logs

  1. Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.
  2. Define the Get more with Apono settings.
    Setting Description
    Credential Rotation (Optional) Number of days after which the database credentials must be rotated
    Custom Access Details (Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources

    Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters.

    To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview.

    NOTE: You can also add the custom_access_details parameter to the apono_integration schema using Terraform. For more information, learn how to integrate with Apono in the Terraform Registry.
    Integration Owner (Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found

    Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:
    1. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
    2. From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.

    NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
    Resource Owner (Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource

    Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners:
    1. Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.

    2. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated.

      Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.

    NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

  1. Click Confirm.

After connecting your AWS account to Apono, you will be redirected to the Connected tab to view your integrations. The new AWS integration will initialize once it completes its first data fetch. Upon completion, the integration will be marked Active.

Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to AWS IAM resources, such as AWS Roles.


Integrate an AWS organization

Prerequisites


Integration

Integrating an Amazon organization

AWS tile


Follow these steps to integrate Apono with your AWS organization:

  1. On the Catalog tab, click AWS. The Connect Integrations Group page appears.
  2. Under Discovery, click Amazon Organization.
  3. Click one or more resource types to sync with Apono.

    ℹ️

    Apono automatically discovers and syncs all the instances in the environment. After syncing, you can manage Access Flows to these resources.

  4. Click Next. The Apono connector section expands.
  5. From the dropdown menu, select a connector. Choosing a connector links Apono to all the services available on the account where the connector is located.

    💡

    If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating an Apono connector.

  6. Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.
  7. Define the Integration Config settings.
    Setting Description
    Integration Name Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
    Region Region in which the organization runs
    AWS SSO Region Region for which your single sign-on is configured
    SSO Portal Single sign-on URL

    This is required for Apono to generate a sign-in link for end users to use their granted access.
    Management Account Role ARN ARN (step 5) of the role to assume in the management account
    Exclude Organization Unit IDs ID of organizational units to exclude

    Example: ou-aaa1-1111,ou-bbb2-2222
    Enable Audit (Optional) Feature that allows Apono to ingest and aggregate session audit logs

  1. Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.
  2. Define the Get more with Apono settings.
    Setting Description
    Custom Access Details (Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources
    Integration Owner (Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found

    Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:
    1. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
    2. From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.

    NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
    Resource Owner (Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource

    Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners:
    1. Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.

    2. From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated.

      Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.

    NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.
  3. Click Confirm.

After connecting your AWS account to Apono, you will be redirected to the Connected tab to view your integrations. The new AWS integration will initialize once it completes its first data fetch. Upon completion, the integration will be marked Active.

Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to AWS IAM resources, such as AWS Roles.


Troubleshooting

Please refer to our troubleshooting guide if you encounter errors while integrating.


Updated 3 days ago