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Connecting AWS with CloudFormation

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When integrating an AWS account, customers have the option to connect using CloudFormation:

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Once you have selected the options above, select Next in the bottom right corner to continue with the next steps.

  • On the next page, select if you will be integrating a standard AWS account or an AWS GovCloud account:

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  • Next, select which AWS products that you would like Vanta to scan:

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  • On the following screen, download the .yaml file provided here:

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  • Navigate to AWS CloudFormation and create a new Stack using the "With new resources (standard)" option:

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  • On the Create Stack page, select the following options and upload the .yaml file you downloaded from Vanta:

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  • On the Specify stack details page provide a stack name and the other parameters should be pre-filled based on the file you previously uploaded:

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  • There is no need to Configure stack options, you can leave the defaults or update them as you wish, and move on to review.
  • At the bottom of the Review page, ensure to select the acknowledgement at the bottom of the page and hit Submit
  • Once the stack completes, you can click on the "Outputs" tab and copy the role ARN that was created:

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  • After you've copied the role ARN, you can head back to Vanta and paste it here:

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  • After clicking next, you can configure the regions that you would like Vanta to read in resources from and mark any resources out of scope as necessary!

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