Onboard an AWS VPC

To onboard an AWS VPC to CDO, follow this procedure:

Before you begin

Note	CDO does not support peered AWS VPCs. If you attempt to onboard a peered VPC referencing a security group that is defined on the peer VPC, the onboarding process fails.

Before onboarding your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to CDO, review these prerequisites:

Review Connect CDO to your Managed Devices for the networking requirements needed to connect CDO to your AWS VPC.
To onboard an AWS VPC, you will need the AWS VPC's access key and secret access key both of which are generated using the Identity and Access Management (IAM) console. See Understanding and Getting your Security Credentials for more information.
Configure the permissions to allow CDO to communicate with your AWS VPC. See Changing Permissions for an IAM User for more information. See the following example for the required permissions:

"cloudformation:CreateStack",
"cloudformation:CreateStackInstances",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackInstance",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResource",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResources",
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"ec2:AllocateAddress",
"ec2:AllocateHosts",
"ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
"ec2:AssociateAddress",
"ec2:AssociateDhcpOptions",
"ec2:AssociateRouteTable",
"ec2:AssociateSubnetCidrBlock",
"ec2:AttachInternetGateway",
"ec2:AttachNetworkInterface",
"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
"ec2:CreateDhcpOptions",
"ec2:CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway",
"ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
"ec2:CreateNetworkAcl",
"ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
"ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
"ec2:CreateRoute",
"ec2:CreateRouteTable",
"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
"ec2:CreateSubnet",
"ec2:CreateTags",
"ec2:DescribeAddresses",
"ec2:DescribeAddressesAttribute",
"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
"ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
"ec2:DescribeEgressOnlyInternetGateways",
"ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
"ec2:DescribeInstances",
"ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfacePermissions",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
"ec2:DescribeRegions",
"ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupReferences",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
"ec2:DescribeSubnets",
"ec2:DescribeTags",
"ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayVpcAttachments",
"ec2:DescribeTransitGateways",
"ec2:DescribeVpcs",
"ec2:DescribeVpnGateways",
"ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
"ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules",
"ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute",
"ec2:RunInstances",
"sts:GetCallerIdentity"

Procedure

Step 1	In the left pane, click Inventory.
Step 2	Click to begin onboarding the device.
Step 3	Click AWS VPC.
Step 4	Enter the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key credential to connect to the AWS account. The generated list of names are retrieved from the AWS VPC you supplied login credentials to.
Step 5	Click Connect.
Step 6	Select a Region From the drop-down menu. The region selected should be where the VPC is local to.
Step 7	Click Select.
Step 8	Use the drop-down menu to select the correct AWS name. The generated list of names are retrieved from the AWS VPC you supplied login credentials to. Select the desired AWS VPC from the drop-down menu. Note that AWS VPC IDs names are unique, and there cannot be two or more instances with the same ID.
Step 9	Click Select.
Step 10	Enter a name to be shown in the CDO UI.
Step 11	Click Continue.
Step 12	(Optional) Enter a label for the device. Note that if you create labels for an AWS VPC, the tables are not automatically synchronized to your device. You must manually recreate the labels as tags in the AWS console. See Labels and Tags in AWS VPC for more information.
Step 13	Click Continue.
Step 14	Return to the Inventory page. After the device has been successfully onboarded, you will see that the Configuration Status is "Synced" and the Connectivity state is "Online."