Configuring an AWS Connector

AWS Security Credentials Variations

The add-on currently supports the following Principal Types:

	Principal Type	AWS Documentation	API action	Credential lifetime (min/max/default)	Notes
	Federated User	Temporary Security Credentials to Enable Access for Federated Users	GetFederationToken	IAM user: 15m/36hr/12hr Root account: 15m/1hr/1hr
	IAM User	Temporary Security Credentials to Enable Access for IAM Users	GetSessionToken	IAM user: 15m/36hr/12hr Root account: 15m/1hr/1hr
	IAM Role	Temporary Security Credentials for Delegating API Access	AssumeRole	15m/1hr/1hr
	SAML Federation	Temporary Security Credentials for SAML Federation	AssumeRoleWithSAML	15m/1hr/1hr	Support for SAML is not on our roadmap, see the resp. FAQ for details

Create/Edit Connector

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

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 the following choices currently:

   Principal Type	Explanation	Credential lifetime (min/max/default)	Learn more at AWS
   Federated User	Yields temporary AWS security credentials for a federated user with the Atlassian user name and an optional, yet typically required IAM Policy (check Omit IAM Policy when resource-based policies are used instead) In order to use the Federated User principal type, you need to Grant an IAM Group Permission to Create Temporary Credentials! This example policy grants permission to access the AWS STS GetFederationToken API once added to the long-term AWS security credentials you are about to use for federation (i.e. not here in this AWS Connector dialog): Example IAM Policy Expand source { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [{ "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "sts:GetFederationToken", "Resource": "*" }] } Federated User does not allow to access IAM or STS APIs, for example when creating IAM resources via CloudFormation - use Assume Role for these scenarios instead.	IAM user: 15m/36hr/12hr Root account: 15m/1hr/1hr	Temporary Credentials for Federated Users Permissions for GetFederationToken Grant an IAM Group Permission to Create Temporary Credentials GetFederationToken API action
   Assume Role	Yields temporary AWS security credentials for an assumed role with the Atlassian user name and an optional External ID and an optional IAM Policy (if absent, AWS applies a default) In order to use the Assume Role principal type, you need to Grant an IAM Group Permission to Create Temporary Credentials! This example policy grants permission to access the AWS STS AssumeRole API once added to the long-term AWS security credentials you are about to use for federation (i.e. not here in this AWS Connector dialog): Example IAM Policy Expand source { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [{ "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::123123123123:role/UpdateAPP" }] }	15m/1hr/1hr	Temporary Credentials for Delegated API Access Permissions for AssumeRole Grant an IAM Group Permission to Create Temporary Credentials AssumeRole API action
   IAM User (session token)	Yields temporary AWS security credentials for the selected IAM user (recommended) or AWS account (disadvised) itself IAM User (session token) does not allow to specify IAM policies or distinguish users - use Federated User or Assume Role for these scenarios instead.	IAM user: 15m/36hr/12hr Root account: 15m/1hr/1hr	Temporary Credentials for IAM Users Permissions for GetSessionToken GetSessionToken API action

   
   

4. (Optional) Add an IAM Policy (only available for principal types Federated User and Assume Role)
   • 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 and test them with the IAM Policy Simulator.
     
   •  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) - links to the AWS Policy Generator and the IAM Policy Simulator are also provided.
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 JIRA or Bamboo groups

   Administrators always have permission to use all Connectors.

   

   
   
   1. click into the selection box to search for groups
   • •  Bamboo < 5.6 and JIRA < 6.2 feature a different user interface for group selection still, see  UAA-89 - Getting issue details... STATUS  for details.
   1. if there are up to 100 groups, they show up immediately
   2. if there are more than 100 groups, you need to type at least one character to make all matching groups appear
      
      •  depending on the number of groups and naming scheme, frequently used characters like 'e' might still yield slightly sluggish behavior (depends on browser and system performance etc.), see below in case
   3. you can type more characters to filter down the search result - typing quickly should circumvent sluggishness with a very large number of groups, if any
   4. select each desired group

   • •  all changes persist on save of the connector only

7. (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 at least one account resp. IAM User, which provides the required long-term AWS security credentials used to derive temporary AWS security credentials for your Atlassian users, see Create individual IAM users for getting started with this approach.

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.

Clicking Create Account (or Edit later on) opens the Edit Account (IAM User) dialog:

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