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Identity Federation for AWS is a foundational Amazon Web Services (AWS) integration add-on that provides Temporary AWS Security Credentials to Atlassian groups and enables access control to AWS Resources via Identity and Access Management (IAM) Policies – from a technical perspective it implements an Identity Broker/Token Vendor that uses the Atlassian Authentication System (Crowd) to Grant Access to AWS Resources.

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AWS Security Credentials Variations

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The add-on currently supports the following

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Principal Types:

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AssumeRole

Support for IAM roles is on our roadmap, see UAA-32 for details

(error)SAML FederationTemporary Security Credentials for SAML FederationAssumeRoleWithSAMLSupport for SAML is not on our roadmap, see the resp. FAQ for details

AWS Connector Management

Create Connector

In order to enable the desired access to your AWS resources, you need to create at least one AWS Connector. You can access this functionality via the AWS Connector Connectors management screen.:

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Create/Edit Connector

Clicking Create Connector (or Edit later on) opens the Edit AWS Connector dialog:

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Here are the required steps:

  1. Select the account to use (you might need to add accounts first)
  2. Choose this Connector's name
  3. Choose the Principal Type - there are two choices currently:

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  4. (Optional) Add an IAM Policy (only available for Principal Type Federated User)
  5. (Optional) Set the maximum number of seconds temporary credentials based on this connector can be valid - leave empty to use AWS default values
  6. (Optional) Grant the permission to use this Connector to one or more of your JRIA JIRA or Bamboo groups

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  2. (Optional) Select System Scope to allow usage of this AWS Connector from elevated code without an active user session (e.g. by another add-on like Tasks for AWS).

Add/Edit Account

In order to create AWS Connectors, you need to add the at least one account resp. IAM User, which provides the required long-term AWS security credentials the add-on uses used to derive temporary AWS security credentials for your Atlassian users, see Create individual users for getting started with this approach.

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In order to use the Federated User Principal Type, you need to Grant an IAM Group Permission to Create Temporary Credentials! See Federated User in the Principal Types table above for details.

Accounts are added/edited/deleted inline while creating/editing an AWS Connector. All fields are required, you can select an arbitrary name according to your needs.

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Configuring an AWS Connector with (optional) IAM Policy and

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Atlassian user group selection

Once you have added at least one account (see above) you can configure an arbitrary number of AWS Connectors using these. A Connector requires an arbitrary name according to your needs, the account to use and an (optional) IAM Policy, see Overview of Policies. You can reuse existing policies already in use in your organization or create new policies tailored to your use case via the AWS Policy Generator.

While not required, you might want to grant one or more of your Atlassian user groups the permission to use the AWS Connector (if no group is selected, only administrators will be able to use it).

IAM Policy Examples

Clicking on 'IAM Policy Examples' allows you to select from a few example policies to ease getting started (just click one to copy it to the policy field) - a link links to the AWS Policy Generator is and the IAM Policy Simulator are also provided:

Maximum number of seconds that temporary credentials based on this connector can be valid - leave empty to use AWS default values