Prerequisites for onboarding AWS

Before you begin onboarding AWS, you must review the following prerequisites.

Before you begin onboarding AWS to Cortex Cloud, ensure that you have the necessary permissions, credentials, and configuration details.

Permissions and credentials

Ensure that you have the following permissions and credentials:

• In Cortex Cloud, you must have a Cortex Cloud role with Data Sources - View & Edit permissions to add/configure cloud accounts in Cortex Cloud. This role is included in the following built-in roles: Instance Administrator, Security Admin, and IT Admin.

Required IAM permissions in AWS

Before deploying CloudFormation stacks, ensure the user or role performing the onboarding has the necessary IAM permissions.

Required permissions for onboarding AWS account scope

Use the following template to create a dedicated role with the permissions required for onboarding AWS to Cortex Cloud:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "CortexCloudOnboarding",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy",
        "iam:GetPolicyVersion",
        "iam:GetPolicy",
        "iam:UpdateRoleDescription",
        "iam:DeletePolicy",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:PutRolePolicy",
        "iam:CreatePolicy",
        "iam:PassRole",
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListPolicyVersions",
        "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
        "iam:UpdateRole",
        "iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:DeletePolicyVersion",
        "iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion",
        "lambda:*",
        "kms:*",
        "s3:*",
        "sqs:*",
        "sns:*",
        "cloudtrail:*",
        "cloudformation:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Additional permissions required for serverless function scanning

To enable serverless function scanning, grant the following permissions in your AWS account for scanning outposts and accessing logs:

{
 "Version": "2012-10-17",
 "Statement": [
   {
     "Effect": "Allow",
     "Action": [
       "lambda:GetFunction",
       "lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration",
       "lambda:GetLayerVersion",
       "iam:GetRole"
     ],
     "Resource": "*"
   }
 ]
}