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What are leases?
A Lease is the core concept in Sandbox Studio. It represents a time-bound and/or budget-bound grant of access to a temporary AWS account for one or more users. When a lease is created, Sandbox Studio provisions access to a short-lived AWS account. When the le...
What are account templates?
An Account Template (also referred to as a Lease Template) is the blueprint that defines how a lease behaves and what the target AWS account looks like. Templates are configured ahead of time and referenced when creating leases. An account template defines: ...
Update Account templates
To update an account template, go to "Account Templates" and open the template you want to modify: Then edit any of the fields you want to update:
Duplicate Account Templates
To duplicate an account template, go to "Account Templates" and open the template you want to duplicate: Click on the "Actions" button and choose "Duplicate account template": This will redirect you to the Account template creation page with informati...
Event creation - Overview
To create a new account template: Click on "Events" on the left menu Click on "Create Event" Creating an event is a 6-step process listed as follows: Basic details Account template Schedule Participants Managers Review
Event creation - Basic details
First step of the event creation wizard is to set the basic information to describe your event: Name of the event: Remember, this is will be used by your users to find your event, so make it unique and easy to find! Description of the event Icon: Choose...
Event creation - Account template
In this step, you define the account template you want to use in your event. The account template will define settings like: Permissions Resources created in the event Budget ... Note: Account templates also define lease duration, but within an event,...
Event creation - Schedule
This steps define the schedule of an event. Schedule are defined as follows: Start Date Start now Selecting this option will automatically provision the accounts (aka, create leases) and start the event. Pros: Easy, the event starts immediat...
Event creation - Participants
This step allows you to define how many accounts (leases) you want to have as part of your event. For instance, for a hackathon with 5 participants, you would define 5 accounts: Set the number of accounts you want to create Note: You can reserve accou...
Event creation - Managers
This step allows you to define who can manage the event: Update event Add or remove accounts and assign users Select the users who can manage your event Select the groups of users who can manage your event Groups are defined in IAM Identity Cent...
Event creation - Review
Last step of the event creation wizard, the review screen allows to check everything is correct: Click Submit to create your event. You are automatically redirected to your event page:
Start events and provision accounts
Depending on your event configuration, your event can: Start immediately The event (and provisioning of the accounts) start when the event is created Start on a specific date The event (and provisioning of the accounts) start on a schedule Accou...
Terminate events
Depending on your event configuration, your event can be stopped : At a specific date After a certain duration (from the event start date) Manually, by an event manager Event lifecycle High level lifecycle of an event is as follows: Stoping an ev...
Display Settings - Change default language
To change the default language of your Sandbox Studio installation, go to "Settings" > "Display Settings" (1) and click on "Update" in the "Language Settings" section (2): Then select the language and "Update": Default language will be used if users ...
Display Settings - Change header logo
To change the default language of your Sandbox Studio installation, go to "Settings" > "Display Settings" (1) and click on "Update" in the "Header Logo" section (2): You can now select your custom header image: Upload your image file. We recommend ...
Display Settings - Change theme colour
To change the theme colour of your Sandbox Studio installation, go to "Settings" > "Display Settings" (1) and click on "Update" in the "Colour Settings" section (2): You can now select your custom colours: Primary Colour. This colour is used for butt...
Display Settings
Please refer to UI Customisation for more details about Display Settings.