Managing AWS Connections
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud platform that provides a wide range of infrastructure and application services to organizations of all sizes. The AWS Connector in Flexera One enables you to securely collect and import inventory data from your AWS accounts into IT Visibility on a scheduled basis. This integration gives you comprehensive visibility into your AWS environment, including compute, storage, and database resources. By leveraging the AWS Connector, you can streamline cloud management, optimize resource utilization, and ensure consistent governance across your AWS estate.
You can perform the following tasks for AWS connections:
Creating an AWS Connection
You can create one or more AWS connections.
Tip:When you create an AWS Connection using an AWS Organization’s management account, all member accounts under that management account will be automatically linked. There is no option to exclude specific member accounts during onboarding; any new accounts added to the organization in the future will also be linked automatically.
You can view the list of all the member accounts linked to an AWS connection on the Linked Accounts tab when you view details of that connection.
To create an AWS connection:
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Go to the External Inventory Connections page (Data Collection > Common Inventory Tasks > External Inventory Connections). |
You can use either of the following methods:
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Go to the Cloud Connections tab. |
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Click the Create Connection button. The Create Connection slideout opens. |
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From the Connection Type dropdown list, select AWS. |
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Go to the Explore Connectors tab. |
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In the AWS tile, Click Create Connection. The Create Connection slideout opens. |
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From the Connection Type dropdown list, confirm that the type of connection is AWS. |
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Click the Login to your AWS account link to sign in to AWS in a new web browser tab. |
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After signing in to AWS, on the Create Connection slideout in Flexera One, create a connection name in the Display Name field. |
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Select the features you are onboarding for. |
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Click Run CloudFormation & Connect. You will be redirected to the Quick create stack page in the AWS CloudFormation console. |
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On the Quick create stack page, confirm that Stack name is automatically populated with the same name as the Display Name you created in Flexera One. |
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In the Parameters section, input your root OU ID in the paramOrgRootIdForFlexeraRole field. You can find this root ID by clicking your profile in the top-right corner and selecting Organization. |
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In the Capabilities section, select both checkboxes. |
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After verifying that the new stack is successfully deployed, go back to the External Inventory Connections page in Flexera One and click the Cloud Connections tab. The new AWS connection appears in the list. |
Deleting an AWS Connection
You can delete an existing AWS Connection. The deletion action cannot be undone.
To delete an AWS connection:
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Go to the External Inventory Connections page (Data Collection > Common Inventory Tasks > External Inventory Connections), and click the Cloud Connections tab. |
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Do one of the following: |
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Click the three-dot menu button in the connection row and select Delete. |
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Click the connection name to open the Details view of that connection, and click Delete in the upper-right corner of the page. |
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On the Delete Connection dialog box, click the login to your AWS account link to sign in to your AWS account. |
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On the Delete Connection dialog box, click the Remove the stack link. You will be redirected to the stack list in the AWS CloudFormation console. |
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From the stack list, select the stack with the same name as the AWS connection to be deleted, and click Delete. It will take some time for the stack to be deleted. |
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After verifying that the stack has been successfully deleted in AWS CloudFormation, go back to the Delete Connection dialog box in Flexera One, and click I Have Deleted The Stack. |