Setting up connections
Complete the tasks in this section to get set up for creating and using the connections feature in the Developer Tools console.
Sign up for AWS
Sign up for an AWS account
If you do not have an AWS account, complete the following steps to create one.
To sign up for an AWS account
Follow the online instructions.
Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.
When you sign up for an AWS account, an AWS account root user is created. The root user has access to all AWS services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to a user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.
AWS sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is
complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by
going to https://aws.amazon.com/
Create a user with administrative access
After you sign up for an AWS account, secure your AWS account root user, enable AWS IAM Identity Center, and create an administrative user so that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks.
Secure your AWS account root user
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console
as the account owner by choosing Root user and entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password. For help signing in by using root user, see Signing in as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.
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Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your root user.
For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in the IAM User Guide.
Create a user with administrative access
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Enable IAM Identity Center.
For instructions, see Enabling AWS IAM Identity Center in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.
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In IAM Identity Center, grant administrative access to a user.
For a tutorial about using the IAM Identity Center directory as your identity source, see Configure user access with the default IAM Identity Center directory in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.
Sign in as the user with administrative access
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To sign in with your IAM Identity Center user, use the sign-in URL that was sent to your email address when you created the IAM Identity Center user.
For help signing in using an IAM Identity Center user, see Signing in to the AWS access portal in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.
Assign access to additional users
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In IAM Identity Center, create a permission set that follows the best practice of applying least-privilege permissions.
For instructions, see Create a permission set in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.
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Assign users to a group, and then assign single sign-on access to the group.
For instructions, see Add groups in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.
Create and apply a policy with permissions to create connections
To use the JSON policy editor to create a policy
Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/
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In the navigation pane on the left, choose Policies.
If this is your first time choosing Policies, the Welcome to Managed Policies page appears. Choose Get Started.
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At the top of the page, choose Create policy.
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In the Policy editor section, choose the JSON option.
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Enter the following JSON policy document:
{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "codeconnections:CreateConnection", "codeconnections:DeleteConnection", "codeconnections:GetConnection", "codeconnections:ListConnections", "codeconnections:GetInstallationUrl", "codeconnections:GetIndividualAccessToken", "codeconnections:ListInstallationTargets", "codeconnections:StartOAuthHandshake", "codeconnections:UpdateConnectionInstallation", "codeconnections:UseConnection" ], "Resource": [ "*" ] } ] }
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Choose Next.
Note
You can switch between the Visual and JSON editor options anytime. However, if you make changes or choose Next in the Visual editor, IAM might restructure your policy to optimize it for the visual editor. For more information, see Policy restructuring in the IAM User Guide.
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On the Review and create page, enter a Policy name and a Description (optional) for the policy that you are creating. Review Permissions defined in this policy to see the permissions that are granted by your policy.
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Choose Create policy to save your new policy.