Prerequisites and recommendations to use AWS AppFabric - AWS AppFabric
Sign up for an AWS accountCreate a user with administrative access(Required) Complete application prerequisites(Optional) Create an output location(Optional) Create an AWS KMS key

Prerequisites and recommendations to use AWS AppFabric

If you're a new AWS customer, complete the setup prerequisites that are listed on this page before you start using AWS AppFabric for security. For these setup procedures, you use the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service. For complete information about IAM, see the IAM User Guide.

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 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/ and choosing My Account.

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

  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 a user with administrative access

  1. Enable IAM Identity Center.

    For instructions, see Enabling AWS IAM Identity Center in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

  2. 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

  • 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

(Required) Complete application prerequisites

To use AppFabric for security to receive user information and audit logs from applications, many applications require that you have specific role and plan types. Ensure that you have reviewed the prerequisites for each application that you want to authorize with AppFabric for security, and that you have the proper plans and roles. For more information about the application-specific prerequisites, see Supported Applications, or choose one of the following application-specific topics.

(Optional) Create an output location

AppFabric for security supports Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Data Firehose as audit log ingestion destinations.

Amazon S3

You can create a new Amazon S3 bucket using the AppFabric console when you create an ingestion destination. You can also create a bucket using the Amazon S3 service. If you choose to create your bucket using the Amazon S3 service, you must create the bucket before creating the AppFabric ingestion destination, and then select the bucket when you create the ingestion destination. You can choose to use an existing Amazon S3 bucket in your AWS account, as long as it meets the following requirements for existing buckets:

  • AppFabric for security requires that your Amazon S3 bucket be in the same AWS Region as your Amazon S3 resources.

  • Your can encrypt your bucket using one of the following:

    • Server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3)

    • Server-side encryption with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys (SSE-KMS) using the default AWS managed key (aws/s3).

Amazon Data Firehose

You can choose to use Amazon Data Firehose as your ingestion destination for AppFabric for security data. To use Firehose, you can create the Firehose delivery stream in your AWS account before creating an ingestion or while you're creating an ingestion destination in AppFabric. You can create a Firehose delivery stream using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or the AWS APIs or SDKs. For stream configuration instructions, see the following topics:

The requirements when using Amazon Data Firehose as the AppFabric for security output destination are as follows:

  • You must create the stream in the same AWS Region as your AppFabric for security resources.

  • You must select Direct PUT as the source.

  • Attach AmazonKinesisFirehoseFullAccess AWS managed policy to your user, or attach the following permissions to your user:

    {
    "Sid": "TagFirehoseDeliveryStream",
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": ["firehose:TagDeliveryStream"],
    "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {"aws:TagKeys": "AWSAppFabricManaged"}
    },
    "Resource": "arn:aws:firehose:*:*:deliverystream/*"
}

Firehose supports integration with a variety of third-party security tools, such as Splunk and Logz.io. For information about how to properly configure Amazon Kinesis so that it outputs data to these tools, see Destination Settings in the Amazon Data Firehose Developer Guide.

(Optional) Create an AWS KMS key

In the process of creating an AppFabric for security app bundle, you will select or set up an encryption key to securely protect your data from all authorized applications. This key will be used to encrypt your data within the AppFabric service.

AppFabric for security encrypts data by default. AppFabric for security can use an AWS owned key created and managed by AppFabric on your behalf or a customer managed key that you create and manage in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS). AWS owned keys are a collection of AWS KMS keys that an AWS service owns and manages for use in multiple AWS accounts. Customer managed keys are AWS KMS keys in your AWS account that you create, own, and manage. For more information about AWS owned keys and customer managed keys, see Customer keys and AWS keys in the AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide.

If you want to use a customer managed key to encrypt your data, such as authorization tokens, within AppFabric for security, you can create one with AWS KMS. For more information about the permissions policy that grants access to your customer managed key in AWS KMS, see the Key policy section of this guide.