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# AWS Connection

> Learn how to configure an AWS Connection for Infisical.

Infisical supports two methods for connecting to AWS.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Assume Role (Recommended)">
    Infisical will assume the provided role in your AWS account securely, without the need to share any credentials.

    <Accordion title="Self-Hosted Instance">
      To connect your self-hosted Infisical instance with AWS, you need to set up an AWS IAM User account that can assume the configured AWS IAM Role.

      If your instance is deployed on AWS, the aws-sdk will automatically retrieve the credentials. Ensure that you assign the provided permission policy to your deployed instance, such as ECS or EC2.

      The following steps are for instances not deployed on AWS:

      <Steps>
        <Step title="Create an IAM User">
          Navigate to [Create IAM User](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iamv2/home#/users/create) in your AWS Console.
        </Step>

        <Step title="Create an Inline Policy">
          Attach the following inline permission policy to the IAM User to allow it to assume any IAM Roles:

          ```json  theme={"dark"}
          {
              "Version": "2012-10-17",
              "Statement": [
          {
              "Sid": "AllowAssumeAnyRole",
              "Effect": "Allow",
              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
              "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
          }
              ]
          }
          ```
        </Step>

        <Step title="Obtain the IAM User Credentials">
          Obtain the AWS access key ID and secret access key for your IAM User by navigating to **IAM > Users > \[Your User] > Security credentials > Access keys**.

          <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-1.png" alt="Access Key Step 1" />
          <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-2.png" alt="Access Key Step 2" />
          <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-3.png" alt="Access Key Step 3" />
        </Step>

        <Step title="Set Up Connection Keys">
          1. Set the access key as **INF\_APP\_CONNECTION\_AWS\_ACCESS\_KEY\_ID**.
          2. Set the secret key as **INF\_APP\_CONNECTION\_AWS\_SECRET\_ACCESS\_KEY**.
        </Step>
      </Steps>
    </Accordion>

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Create the Managing User IAM Role for Infisical">
        1. Navigate to the [Create IAM Role](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iamv2/home#/roles/create?step=selectEntities) page in your AWS Console.
           <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integration-aws-iam-assume-role.png" alt="IAM Role Creation" />

        2. Select **AWS Account** as the **Trusted Entity Type**.

        3. Select **Another AWS Account** and provide the appropriate Infisical AWS Account ID: use **381492033652** for the **US region**, and **345594589636** for the **EU region**. This restricts the role to be assumed only by Infisical. If self-hosting, provide your AWS account number instead.

        <Note>
          **For Dedicated Instances**: Your AWS account ID differs from the one provided above. Please reach out to Infisical support to obtain your AWS account ID.
        </Note>

        4. (Recommended) <strong>Enable "Require external ID"</strong> and input your **Organization ID** to strengthen security and mitigate the [confused deputy problem](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/confused-deputy.html).

        <Warning type="warning" title="Security Best Practice: Use External ID to Prevent Confused Deputy Attacks">
          When configuring an IAM Role that Infisical will assume, it’s highly recommended to enable the **"Require external ID"** option and specify your **Organization ID**.

          This precaution helps protect your AWS account against the [confused deputy problem](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/confused-deputy.html), a potential security vulnerability where Infisical could be tricked into performing actions on your behalf by an unauthorized actor.

          <strong>Always enable "Require external ID" and use your Organization ID when setting up the IAM Role.</strong>
        </Warning>
      </Step>

      <Step title="Add Required Permissions to the IAM Role">
        Navigate to your IAM role permissions and click **Create Inline Policy**.

                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/assume-role-create-policy.png" alt="IAM Role Create Policy" />

        Depending on your use case, add one or more of the following policies to your IAM Role:

        <Tabs>
          <Tab title="Secret Sync">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS Secrets Manager">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync secrets to AWS Secrets Manager:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/secrets-manager-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secrets Manager Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Sid": "AllowSecretsManagerAccess",
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "secretsmanager:ListSecrets",
                                "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
                                "secretsmanager:BatchGetSecretValue",
                                "secretsmanager:CreateSecret",
                                "secretsmanager:UpdateSecret",
                                "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
                                "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
                                "secretsmanager:TagResource",
                                "secretsmanager:UntagResource",
                                "kms:ListAliases", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:Encrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:Decrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:DescribeKey" // if you need to specify the KMS key
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>If using a custom KMS key, be sure to add the IAM user or role as a key user. <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/kms-key-user.png" alt="KMS Key IAM Role User" /></Note>
              </Accordion>

              <Accordion title="AWS Parameter Store">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync secrets to AWS Parameter Store:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/parameter-store-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secrets Manager Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Sid": "AllowSSMAccess",
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "ssm:PutParameter",
                                "ssm:GetParameters",
                                "ssm:GetParametersByPath",
                                "ssm:DescribeParameters",
                                "ssm:DeleteParameters",
                                "ssm:ListTagsForResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                                "ssm:AddTagsToResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                                "ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                                "kms:ListAliases", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:Encrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:Decrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                                "kms:DescribeKey" // if you need to specify the KMS key
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>If using a custom KMS key, be sure to add the IAM user or role as a key user. <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/kms-key-user.png" alt="KMS Key IAM Role User" /></Note>
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="Secret Rotation">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS IAM">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to rotate secrets to AWS Access Keys:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/iam-role-secret-rotation-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secret Rotation Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "iam:ListAccessKeys",
                                "iam:CreateAccessKey",
                                "iam:UpdateAccessKey",
                                "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
                                "iam:ListUsers"
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="PKI Sync">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS Certificate Manager">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync certificates to AWS Certificate Manager:

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Sid": "AllowCertificateManagerAccess",
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "acm:ListCertificates",
                                "acm:DescribeCertificate",
                                "acm:GetCertificate",
                                "acm:ImportCertificate",
                                "acm:ExportCertificate",
                                "acm:DeleteCertificate",
                                "acm:AddTagsToCertificate",
                                "acm:RemoveTagsFromCertificate",
                                "acm:ListTagsForCertificate"
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>
                  * **ListCertificates**: Lists all certificates in the account
                  * **ImportCertificate**: Imports certificates from Infisical into AWS Certificate Manager
                  * **ExportCertificate**: Exports certificates for synchronization
                  * **DeleteCertificate**: Removes certificates that are no longer managed by Infisical
                  * **DescribeCertificate** and **GetCertificate**: Retrieves certificate details for comparison during sync
                  * Tag-related permissions: Manages certificate tags for identification and organization
                </Note>
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>
        </Tabs>
      </Step>

      <Step title="Copy the AWS IAM Role ARN">
                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integration-aws-iam-assume-arn.png" alt="Copy IAM Role ARN" />
      </Step>

      <Step title="Setup AWS Connection in Infisical">
        <Tabs>
          <Tab title="Infisical UI">
            1. Navigate to the **Integrations** tab in the desired project, then select **App Connections**.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png" alt="App Connections Tab" />

            2. Select the **AWS Connection** option.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/select-aws-connection.png" alt="Select AWS Connection" />

            3. Select the **Assume Role** method option and provide the **AWS IAM Role ARN** obtained from the previous step and press **Connect to AWS**.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/create-assume-role-method.png" alt="Create AWS Connection" />

            4. Your **AWS Connection** is now available for use.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/assume-role-connection.png" alt="Assume Role AWS Connection" />
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="API">
            To create an AWS Connection, make an API request to the [Create AWS
            Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/aws/create) API endpoint.

            ### Sample request

            ```bash Request theme={"dark"}
            curl    --request POST \
                    --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/aws \
                    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
                    --data '{
                        "name": "my-aws-connection",
                        "method": "assume-role",
                        "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
                        "credentials": {
                            "roleArn": "...",
                        }
                    }'
            ```

            ### Sample response

            ```bash Response theme={"dark"}
            {
                "appConnection": {
                    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                    "name": "my-aws-connection",
                    "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
                    "version": 123,
                    "orgId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                    "app": "aws",
                    "method": "assume-role",
                    "credentials": {}
                }
            }
            ```
          </Tab>
        </Tabs>
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Access Key">
    Infisical will use the provided **Access Key ID** and **Secret Key** to connect to your AWS instance.

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Add Required Permissions to the IAM User">
        Navigate to your IAM user permissions and click **Create Inline Policy**.

                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/access-key-create-policy.png" alt="User IAM Create Policy" />

        Depending on your use case, add one or more of the following policies to your user:

        <Tabs>
          <Tab title="Secret Sync">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS Secrets Manager">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync secrets to AWS Secrets Manager:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/secrets-manager-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secrets Manager Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                {
                    "Sid": "AllowSecretsManagerAccess",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": [
                        "secretsmanager:ListSecrets",
                        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
                        "secretsmanager:BatchGetSecretValue",
                        "secretsmanager:CreateSecret",
                        "secretsmanager:UpdateSecret",
                        "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
                        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
                        "secretsmanager:TagResource",
                        "secretsmanager:UntagResource",
                        "kms:ListAliases", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:Encrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:Decrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:DescribeKey" // if you need to specify the KMS key
                    ],
                    "Resource": "*"
                }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>If using a custom KMS key, be sure to add the IAM user or role as a key user. <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/kms-key-user.png" alt="KMS Key IAM Role User" /></Note>
              </Accordion>

              <Accordion title="AWS Parameter Store">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync secrets to AWS Parameter Store:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/parameter-store-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secrets Manager Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                {
                    "Sid": "AllowSSMAccess",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": [
                        "ssm:PutParameter",
                        "ssm:GetParameters",
                        "ssm:GetParametersByPath",
                        "ssm:DescribeParameters",
                        "ssm:DeleteParameters",
                        "ssm:ListTagsForResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                        "ssm:AddTagsToResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                        "ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource", // if you need to add tags to secrets
                        "kms:ListAliases", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:Encrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:Decrypt", // if you need to specify the KMS key
                        "kms:DescribeKey" // if you need to specify the KMS key
                    ],
                    "Resource": "*"
                }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>If using a custom KMS key, be sure to add the IAM user or role as a key user. <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/kms-key-user.png" alt="KMS Key IAM Role User" /></Note>
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="Secret Rotation">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS IAM">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to rotate secrets to AWS Access Keys:

                                <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/iam-role-secret-rotation-permissions.png" alt="IAM Role Secret Rotation Permissions" />

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "iam:ListAccessKeys",
                                "iam:CreateAccessKey",
                                "iam:UpdateAccessKey",
                                "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
                                "iam:ListUsers"
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="PKI Sync">
            <AccordionGroup>
              <Accordion title="AWS Certificate Manager">
                Use the following custom policy to grant the minimum permissions required by Infisical to sync certificates to AWS Certificate Manager:

                ```json  theme={"dark"}
                {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Sid": "AllowCertificateManagerAccess",
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "acm:ListCertificates",
                                "acm:DescribeCertificate",
                                "acm:GetCertificate",
                                "acm:ImportCertificate",
                                "acm:ExportCertificate",
                                "acm:DeleteCertificate",
                                "acm:AddTagsToCertificate",
                                "acm:RemoveTagsFromCertificate",
                                "acm:ListTagsForCertificate"
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                }
                ```

                <Note>
                  * **ListCertificates**: Lists all certificates in the account
                  * **ImportCertificate**: Imports certificates from Infisical into AWS Certificate Manager
                  * **ExportCertificate**: Exports certificates for synchronization
                  * **DeleteCertificate**: Removes certificates that are no longer managed by Infisical
                  * **DescribeCertificate** and **GetCertificate**: Retrieves certificate details for comparison during sync
                  * Tag-related permissions: Manages certificate tags for identification and organization
                </Note>
              </Accordion>
            </AccordionGroup>
          </Tab>
        </Tabs>
      </Step>

      <Step title="Obtain Access Key ID and Secret Access Key">
        Retrieve an AWS **Access Key ID** and a **Secret Key** for your IAM user in **IAM > Users > User > Security credentials > Access keys**.

        <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-1.png" alt="access key 1" />
        <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-2.png" alt="access key 2" />
        <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/integrations/aws/integrations-aws-access-key-3.png" alt="access key 3" />
      </Step>

      <Step title="Setup AWS Connection in Infisical">
        <Tabs>
          <Tab title="Infisical UI">
            1. Navigate to the **Integrations** tab in the desired project, then select **App Connections**.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png" alt="App Connections Tab" />

            2. Select the **AWS Connection** option.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/select-aws-connection.png" alt="Select AWS Connection" />

            3. Select the **Access Key** method option and provide the **Access Key ID** and **Secret Key** obtained from the previous step and press **Connect to AWS**.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/create-access-key-method.png" alt="Create AWS Connection" />

            4. Your **AWS Connection** is now available for use.
               <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/app-connections/aws/access-key-connection.png" alt="Assume Role AWS Connection" />
          </Tab>

          <Tab title="API">
            To create an AWS Connection, make an API request to the [Create AWS
            Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/aws/create) API endpoint.

            ### Sample request

            ```bash Request theme={"dark"}
            curl    --request POST \
                    --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/aws \
                    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
                    --data '{
                        "name": "my-aws-connection",
                        "method": "access-key",
                        "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
                        "credentials": {
                            "accessKeyId": "...",
                            "secretKey": "..."
                        }
                    }'
            ```

            ### Sample response

            ```bash Response theme={"dark"}
            {
                "appConnection": {
                    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                    "name": "my-aws-connection",
                    "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
                    "version": 123,
                    "orgId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                    "app": "aws",
                    "method": "access-key",
                    "credentials": {
                        "accessKeyId": "..."
                    }
                }
            }
            ```
          </Tab>
        </Tabs>
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>