Managing AWS Accounts

This section describes how to manage AWS accounts on the CCKM.

Before proceeding, make sure to fulfill prerequisites.

Adding AWS Accounts

To add an AWS account to the CCKM:

1. Log on to the CipherTrust Manager GUI as administrator.

2. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

3. In the left pane, click Containers > AWS KMS Accounts. The AWS KMS Accounts page is displayed.

4. Click Add Account. The Add AWS Account screen is displayed.

5. Select/enter the following details:

   1. Specify a unique Name.

   2. From the AWS Connection drop-down list, select the desired connection.

      The AWS Account ID and Available Regions of the selected AWS connection are displayed.

   3. In the Available regions section, select the desired regions.

      By default, all the regions are selected. You can also use the Search box to filter the regions.

   4. Click the right arrow button (). The selected regions move to the Selected regions list.

6. Click Save. The AWS account is added to the CCKM.

Refreshing AWS Accounts

Refreshing is the process to download keys created on the AWS KMS to the CCKM. You can refresh keys from individual or all KMS accounts.

• Refreshing Specific AWS Accounts

• Refreshing All AWS Accounts

Refreshing Specific AWS Accounts

To refresh an AWS account:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Containers > AWS KMS Accounts. The AWS KMS Accounts page is displayed. This page displays the list of AWS accounts.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired AWS account and click Refresh Now.

4. On the Refresh Now screen, select the desired account regions to be refreshed.

5. Click Refresh.

A message Refresh started... is displayed on the screen. To cancel the refresh, click Cancel Refresh.

The refreshed keys are listed on the Cloud Keys > AWS > AWS Keys page. Refer to Viewing AWS Keys for details.

Refreshing All AWS Accounts

To refresh all AWS accounts:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Containers > AWS KMS Accounts. The AWS KMS Accounts page is displayed. This page displays the list of AWS accounts.

3. Click Refresh All.

   

   Note

   Refresh all KMS Accounts is a time intensive operation that could take several hours or days to complete. It will continue running in the background. Do you want to continue?

4. Click Refresh All.

A message Refresh started... is displayed on the screen. To cancel the refresh, click Cancel Refresh.

The refreshed keys are listed on the Cloud Keys > AWS > AWS Keys page. Refer to Viewing AWS Keys for details.

Viewing/Editing Details of AWS Accounts

The AWS KMS Accounts page shows the list of existing AWS KMS accounts. Search for the KMS accounts by KMS Name or KMS Account ID.

Viewing AWS Account Details

To view the details of an AWS account:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Containers > AWS KMS Accounts. The AWS KMS Accounts page displays the following details:

   Column	Description
   Name	Name of the AWS account.
   Last Refreshed	When the AWS account was last refreshed. Never is displayed for accounts that are never refreshed.
   Account ID	ID of the AWS account.
   Connection	Name of the connection.
   Cloud	Cloud name.
   Regions	Regions in which the account is added.

Editing AWS Accounts Details

To edit the details of an AWS account:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Containers > AWS KMS Accounts. The AWS KMS Accounts page is displayed. This page displays the list of added AWS accounts.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired AWS account and click View/Edit Details.

   You can edit the following details:

   • Manage user permissions on the AWS account: Refer to Managing User Permissions on AWS Accounts for details.

   • Modify regions: Refer to Modifying Regions for details.

Managing User Permissions on AWS Accounts

To work with the AWS, users/ group must have the minimum set of permissions that allow them to use the AWS resources such as keys and AWS KMS. Initially, the user only has permission to view the keys. However, if required, the CCKM administrator can grant and revoke permissions.

Note

Only the users who are member of the CCKM Users group will be granted permissions to perform actions on the AWS account. Refer to User Roles for details.

To add permission for user/group:

1. In the Access Control section, click Assign User/Group.

2. On the Assign User/Group screen, select the user or group to be assigned permissions from the User/Group drop-down list.

3. Click Save.

The newly added user/group is displayed under Name in the Access Control section.

CCKM allows the following operations on the AWS accounts:

• View Key, Add Key, Edit Key, Upload Key

• Import Material, Delete Material

• Schedule Key Delete, Cancel Key Delete

• Rotate Key, Refresh Key

• Unassign

Granting Permission to Perform an Operation

To grant permissions to the user or group to perform any of the above mentioned operations:

1. Select the check box under the desired operation corresponding to the desired users or groups.

2. Click Update.

A success message is displayed on the screen.

Removing a Permission

To remove a permission assigned to a user or group:

1. Clear the check box under the desired operation corresponding to the desired users or groups.

2. Click Update.

A success message is displayed on the screen.

Removing Permission from a User/Group

To remove current permissions assigned to the user/group:

1. Under Unassign, click the X button corresponding to the desired user/group.

2. On the Unassign User / Unassign Group screen, click Unassign.

   

   Note

   Unassigning this user/group will remove all permissions currently assigned to the user/group. Are you sure you want to continue?

3. Click Unassign.

This step removes the explicitly added permissions and restores the default permission for the user.

Modifying Regions

To add regions to the AWS account:

1. In the Available Regions section, select the desired regions.

2. Click the right arrow button (). The selected regions move to the Selected regions list.

3. Click Update.

To remove regions from the AWS account:

1. In the Selected Regions section, select the desired regions.

2. Click the left arrow button (). The selected regions move to the Available regions list.

3. Click Update.

Deleting AWS Accounts

To delete an AWS account:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Settings > AWS Accounts. The AWS Accounts page is displayed. This page displays the list of added AWS accounts.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired AWS account and click Delete. The Delete Key Account message is displayed.

4. Select I wish to delete this account.

5. Click Delete Account.

Note

After an AWS account is deleted from the CipherTrust Manager, the keys existing in the AWS KMS account (native and BYOK) are not affected. However, you can no longer manage those keys from CCKM. The AWS services using the AWS KMS keys continue to function without any issues.