Connecting to AWS

Once the wizard is launched, click on the big AWS button to initiate the AWS connection process.

Next, you will be asked to select which level of permission you would like Aimably to have when connecting to AWS: Usage Data Only or Data & Scheduling. By selecting Data & Scheduling, you may take full advantage of the Aimably product suite. By selecting Usage Data Only, you will be limiting the capabilities of the Aimably Reduce product. To move forward, please click on the policy you prefer.

A more detailed description of each of these policies is available by clicking the Review Policy link beneath each of the options. If you need additional help determining which policy to choose, please refer to the AWS Policy Selection guide.

Connecting Accounts

Next, a single screen instructional guide appears before you, including links to display AWS screenshots for help along the way.

To get started, click on the turquoise Start CloudFormation Stack button.

This action will take you to the AWS Console with text, configurations, and instructions pre-filled specific to the Aimably product. If you are not already logged in to the AWS Console or you are not logged in with the appropriate permissions, you will be asked to do this first. The screen will look like this:

In order to move forward, you must acknowledge the creation of IAM resources, which will be done in accordance with the permissions policy you set earlier in the wizard. Accept this by clicking the checkbox and then click on the orange Create stack button.

Pause to wait while AWS creates the stack which generates the IAM role. This typically takes less than 30 seconds. When this process is complete, a green checkmark will appear alongside CREATE_COMPLETE text. Please note that it may require a browser refresh to see this.

Once the IAM Role is complete, click on the Outputs tab for the role:

Then, copy the text in the Value column for the RoleARN:

Going back to your Aimably window, insert this copied text into the RoleARN field of the AWS Wizard:

Follow this by inserting your AWS Account Name:.

To complete, click the blue Check Details and Save button.

Once the process is complete, you will find that your complete organizational structure is now visible in Aimably and you are ready to add the Cost & Usage Report to the integration.

Activate the Cost and Usage Report (CUR)

In your AWS browser tab or window, confirm you are still signed in to AWS in the managing payer account of the same organization on your scope list as you used in the previous section, using a role with full administrator access.

Find the row associated with the AWS organization you are currently signed into in AWS, then click the white square button with three solid horizontal lines.

To confirm you are clicking the correct button, on hover a “Setup the Cost and Usage Report for this Account” label will appear:

Click “Create a new Cost & Usage Report.” Then, click “Automated Setup (AWS CloudFormation).”