Identity Federation for AWS 2.8 Release Notes
10 August 2017
The Utoolity team is pleased to present Identity Federation for AWS 2.8 – this release adds support for Confluence, and adds support for a destination URL to the AWS Management Console single sign-on (SSO) API.
You can now use the AWS Resources macro to create dashboards and share deep links to the AWS Management console with your team. Get started quickly with the AWS Resources blueprint to provide example dashboards for AWS services and resources and AWS account management.
If you are using Bamboo remote agents, please review the Identity Federation for AWS 2.8 Upgrade Notes for important information about this release.
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On this page:
- 1 Highlights
- 1.1 Use Identity Federation for AWS in Confluence
- 1.2 Create deep links to the AWS Management Console with the AWS Resources macro
- 1.3 Create dashboards to document AWS resources with the AWS Resources blueprint
- 1.4 Specify a destination URL when using the AWS Management console single sign-on (SSO) API
- 2 Resolved issues
- 2.1 Release 2.8.4
- 2.2 Release 2.8.3
- 2.3 Release 2.8.2
- 2.4 Release 2.8.1
- 2.5 Release 2.8.0
Highlights
Use Identity Federation for AWS in Confluence
You can now use Identity Federation for AWS in Confluence to gain the following benefits:
Federated AWS access for Atlassian users – Add long-term AWS security credentials (IAM users) once, configure AWS access for Atlassian groups and Confluence add-ons with temporary credentials and fine grained permissions via IAM Policies thereafter (Identity Broker)
Single sign-on (SSO) to the AWS Management Console – Grant your team SSO access to AWS accounts via the AWS Management Console Login menu
Share AWS services and resources with your team
Use the AWS Resources macro to share deep links with optional single-sign-on (SSO) to the AWS Management Console
Use the AWS Resources blueprint to share and document your AWS resources with deep links and optional single sign-on (SSO) to the AWS Management Console
REST API for temporary AWS security credentials – GET temporary AWS security credentials for Confluence apps via the REST API (Token Vendor)
Cross Product Support
Identity Federation for AWS aims to be a cross product solution and currently supports Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo (see the Identity Federation for AWS Compatibility Notes for details) - please don't hesitate to get in touch, if you are interested in support for other Atlassian products, we are eager to learn more about your use case and adjusting our respective roadmap accordingly.
- The Confluence and Bitbucket editions of Identity Federation for AWS have been retired for technical reasons – learn about alternatives.