Creating the AWS BugBust accounts required to use AWS BugBust

AWS BugBust administrators and players are required to have a AWS BugBust player portal account and have access to the AWS Management Console to use AWS BugBust.

Accessing the AWS Management Console for AWS BugBust events

An AWS BugBust administrator uses their AWS credentials to access the AWS BugBust console to create an event. For information about how to create an event and the required permissions, see Create an AWS BugBust event (admin).

For a player to access an AWS BugBust event on the AWS Management Console:

1. Grant each player the permissions in the AWSBugBustPlayerAccess AWS managed policy. For more information, see AWSBugBustPlayerAccess managed policy for players.

2. Send them a URL to join your event.

   • If your organization uses a SSO (single sign-on) sign-in URL to log in to AWS, send them that URL.

   • If your organization doesn't use a SSO (single sign-on) sign-in URL to log in to AWS, send them the automatically generated URL that appears in the email text in the AWS BugBust console. For more information, see Invite players (admin).

To learn how to sign in as an IAM user, see How IAM Users Sign In to AWS in the IAM User Guide.

If you use IAM Identity Center, see How to sign in to the player portal in the IAM Identity Center User Guide for more information.

Accessing the AWS BugBust player portal for AWS BugBust events

Before you can join an event, you need to create a AWS BugBust player portal account. To create an account, you need to provide a valid email address and to create a password.

You cannot change the initial email address used to create your AWS BugBust account. To earn points during AWS BugBust events, you might need to add additional authorized email addresses. For more information, see Adding authorized email addresses in the AWS BugBust player portal.

Important

If the email you use for the commit that creates the pull request to submit a bug fix is not added as an authorized email in your AWS BugBust player portal, you cannot score points. To learn how to add additional authorized email addresses, see Adding authorized email addresses in the AWS BugBust player portal

To create a AWS BugBust player portal account

1. Open the https://bugbust.aws landing page.

2. Choose New to AWS BugBust? Create an account.

3. For Your email address, enter a valid email address.

4. For Choose a password, enter a valid password.

   Passwords for AWS BugBust must be at least 8 characters and must contain at least one of the following: an uppercase character, a lowercase character, a number, and a symbol.

5. Choose Create your account.

6. Next, AWS BugBust emails you a verification code. Copy your verification code.

7. Enter your verification code under Verification code and then choose Verify.