Set up your AWS account to use SimSpace Weaver

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

1. Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup.

2. 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 an administrative 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/ and choosing My Account.

Create an administrative user

After you sign up for an AWS account, create an administrative user so that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks.

Secure your AWS account root user

1. 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.

2. 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 an administrative user

• For your daily administrative tasks, grant administrative access to an administrative user in AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On).

  For instructions, see Getting started in the AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) User Guide.

Sign in as the administrative user

• 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.

Add permissions to use SimSpace Weaver

To provide access, add permissions to your users, groups, or roles:

• Users and groups in AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On):

  Create a permission set. Follow the instructions in Create a permission set in the AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) User Guide.

• Users managed in IAM through an identity provider:

  Create a role for identity federation. Follow the instructions in Creating a role for a third-party identity provider (federation) in the IAM User Guide.

• IAM users:

  • Create a role that your user can assume. Follow the instructions in Creating a role for an IAM user in the IAM User Guide.

  • (Not recommended) Attach a policy directly to a user or add a user to a user group. Follow the instructions in Adding permissions to a user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

Example IAM policy to grant permissions to use SimSpace Weaver

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "CreateAndRunSimulations",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "simspaceweaver:*",
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:ListRoles",
                "iam:CreateRole",
                "iam:DeleteRole",
                "iam:UpdateRole",
		"iam:CreatePolicy",
		"iam:AttachRolePolicy",
                "iam:PutRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetRolePolicy",
                "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
                "s3:PutObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
                "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
                "s3:CreateBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration",
                "s3:DeleteBucket",
                "cloudformation:CreateStack",
                "cloudformation:UpdateStack",
                "cloudformation:DescribeStacks"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "PassAppRoleToSimSpaceWeaver",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iam:PassRole",
            "Resource": "*",
            "Condition": {
                "StringEquals": {
                    "iam:PassedToService": "simspaceweaver.amazonaws.com"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}