Connect Your AWS Account to Stackbooster #

To take advantage of Stackbooster’s optimization and cost savings features, you need to connect your AWS account to Stackbooster. Follow these steps to set up your account connection seamlessly.

Prerequisites #

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

• Make sure there is an IAM user in your AWS account who has credentials for both Console and Programmatic Access. If such a user doesn’t exist, you can create one by following the AWS guidelines, or you can contact your account administrator to get the required permissions.
• Access to the Stackbooster console with the necessary permissions to add accounts.

Connecting Your AWS Account to Stackbooster #

Step 1: Open Stackbooster Console #

Log in to your Stackbooster account. If this is your first time logging in, you may be guided through the initial setup wizard. Otherwise, navigate to the ‘Accounts’ section from the dashboard.

Step 2: Add a New Account #

In the ‘Accounts’ section, click on ‘Add Account’. You will be prompted to provide a name for the account you are connecting (e.g., “development”). Enter the name and click ‘Next’.

Step 3: Choose Your Cloud Provider #

Select ‘AWS’ as the cloud provider from the available options. This selection will redirect you to the AWS console.

Step 4: Confirm Stack Creation in AWS Console #

Using a CloudFormation stack, Stackbooster automatically chooses a policy and a role and associates them for you. You can review the policies we create here

In the AWS console, acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation may create IAM resources under Capabilities and press “Create stack”.

Step 5: Check the account status #

After confirming the stack creation in the AWS console, return to the Stackbooster page and click ‘Finish’. Please note that it may take some time for us to finalize and validate the account connection. Once the connection is established, your AWS account will be listed as connected, and you can start using Stackbooster’s features.