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    AWS Cloud Usage
    • 17 Apr 2023
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    AWS Permissions Documentation


    Step 1: Login to AWS Console



    Step 2: Click on Services from top Navigation bar and search for IAM



    Step 3: Go to Identity and Access Management (IAM) console


    Step 4: Go to Policies tab


    Step 5: Create new policy by clicking Create policy


    Step 6: Add Billing service and give Read permissions



    Step 7: We also need to add Cost Explorer Service in this policy, so next step is to click Add additional permissions



    Step 8: Now add Cost Explorer Service with Read, write and list permissions



    Step 9: Review the policy and give any name to it (For example: billing_policy)



    Step 10: Once the policy is created, add a User with the newly created policy. 


    Step 11: To create a User, click on “User” tab from IAM console. 


    Step 12: Click on Add user


    Step 13: Add the user name and he must have programmatic access



    Step 14: The next step is to add permissions to the user. 


    Step 15: Select the newly created policy from “Attach existing policies directly” tab



    Step 16: Adding tags to a user is optional. 


    Step 17: Review user details and confirm adding the new user. 


    Step 18: Once the user is created, it’ll give you the Access Key and Secret Key


    Step 19: Next step is to ensure that Cost explorer is enabled for the users


    Step 20: Go to “My Account” from the top navigation bar of AWS console



    Step 21: Activate the IAM access to billing information



    Step 22: The last thing you need to identify is to detect the Default Region of your AWS account. Mostly, the default account is “ US East (N. Virginia) -- us-east-1”. 

    For more information on how to detect the AWS region, please read https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-region.html


    This completes the process to create permissions and a user for integrating AWS with Genuity.  Please note, if you make any changes after the generation of the keys, the integration will not work.  Access keys can be obtained from your AWS console by navigating to IAM Service > Users > Select particular user > Security credentials.



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