Authenticating to AWS from System Initiative

System Initiative provides a number of ways to authenticate to AWS.

Static Credentials

If you have generated static access keys for a user then you can set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY directly in the AWS Credential Asset.

AWS SSO Credentials

If you have generated credentials via the command aws sso login then you can set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SESSION_TOKEN directly in the AWS Credential Asset.

Assuming a Role

System Initiative has an AWS account dedicated to be able to assume a role in your organization. It has a single user in the account with permissions to do nothing except assume roles in other accounts. The ARN of the user is arn:aws:iam::058264381944:user/si-access-prod-manager.

Every workspace has a unique token assigned to it at creation. It is accessible from within your workspace via the gear icon in the upper right. Please treat this as a Secret.

You can create a role using the token and the arn above, with a trust relationship as below and attach any required permissions you want to give the role:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
               "AWS":"arn:aws:iam::058264381944:user/si-access-prod-manager"
            },
            "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
            "Condition": {
                "StringEquals": {
                    "sts:ExternalId": "YOUR WORKSPACE TOKEN"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Take the arn of the role that you created and set that in the AssumeRole field in the AWS Credential Asset. You don’t need to set an access key or a secret access key. You can ensure it works by putting an AWS Credential on the Asset, selecting the Secret you created and it will validate your credentials.