AWS Settings

Sign-in to the AWS Portal

Click the User Name in the right upper corner > ‘Security credentials’ > ‘Create access key’

Note down Access key ID, Secret access key and the Region.Drop-down TitleDrop-down Title

Open your Syxsense instance.

Click on Settings  > On the left pane select 'AWS Setting' under 'Communications' > Click on  from the toolbarDrop-down TitleDrop-down Title

In the popup window enter your account details (highlighted on the screenshot from Step 1):

Access key ID e.g. 'AKIATBIMO7ML5Y5APNWN' ① 

Secret access key ②

Specify unique cloud name (may be random, only for internal use) ③

Select a Region  ④

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Afterwards the ‘AWS Cloud’ folder under Devices section of the console will be generated (it does not exists by default). All the devices will be listed here. Folders' names are identical to the Cloud names.Drop-down TitleDrop-down Title

The followings subfolders are present under each Region folder. All the data is pulled from the AWS portal. See the description below.Drop-down TitleDrop-down Title

① Queries

There no default queries, they can be created to filter devices by certain criteria. More information on how to use Query Designer can be found on Queries help page.

 A query for AWS devices can be used only to group devices, these groups can’t be targeted with tasks. Grouping devices is useful to show similarities or differences in values.

Now only ‘=’ Operator is available for AWS devices in Query Designer.

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② Security Groups

AWS handles firewall configuration using Security Groups. Every EC2 instance or other service with an Elastic Network Interface (ENI) uses its security group configuration to decide which packets to drop and what type of traffic should be allowed.

You can add rules on the portal to allow specific traffic to your instance.

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 ③ Availability Zones

AWS Availability Zones are a feature of the AWS Cloud that allows you to isolate your applications and data from potential outages in other Availability Zones.

In AWS portal click EC2, on the right upper part of the screen, find 'Account Attributes' block, click Zones in it. Scroll to the bottom and find Availability Zones. Drop-down TitleDrop-down Title

 ④ EC2 Instances

These are all virtual servers that you boot up in the cloud. Double-click the folder to see the list of devices. All device data (Instance ID, State and Platform Details) is pulled from AWS portal.

By default, device name is not indicated, only Instance ID.

The device status can be updated by clicking ‘Refresh’ button on the toolbar.

By default, the available options in the toolbar are limited by the following:

• Start the device
• Stop the running device
• Restart the device

For overall management of the device, Syxsence agent should be installed. Check the Implementation and Discovery help page for detailed tutorials.Drop-down TitleDrop-down Title