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Choosing your region(s)
When setting up Sandbox Studio, choosing the correct AWS Regions is an important step. The regions you select determine where the solution is deployed, which regions users can access, and how accounts are cleaned up. 1. Identify Your Home Region In an AWS ...
AWS services in this solution
Sandbox Studio uses a combination of AWS managed services to securely deliver, manage, and clean up sandbox environments. The table below describes the core AWS services used in the solution. AWS Service Description Amazon CloudFront Acts...
What is Sandbox Studio?
Sandbox Studio helps you access AWS easily Sandbox Studio helps you, as a developer or student, to easily create and use temporary, secure account on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for your projects and learning. Think of it as your own personal AWS playground w...
Home Page
After logging into the web UI, the following page displays. From the home page (Figure 1), you can: Request a new account See (1) . For more information see: Requesting a new account. View all of your current AWS Accounts. See (2) View your overall spe...
Requesting a new account
You can request an account to gain access to an AWS environment. To request an account: After logging in to the web UI, on the home page you can choose Request an Account. Next, select the account type you want to request. Account types are created ...
Logging into an account
Once you’ve requested an account and the account is in an Active state, you can access login to the associated AWS console. On the home page, select Login to account (1) for the account you want to access. This directs you to the AWS Access portal. ...
Overview
What is Sandbox Studio? Sandbox Studio is a web-based solution that helps cloud administrators manage temporary AWS sandbox environments. It automates the enforcement of security policies, governance rules, budget controls, and account recycling settings — al...
Update AWS AppConfig
AWS AppConfig is used by Sandbox Studio to store its runtime configuration. You will need to update this configuration after the CloudFormation stacks have been deployed so that Sandbox Studio knows how to authenticate users and where to route traffic. If App...
Update AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Secrets Manager is used to store the SAML Identity Provider (IdP) certificate securely. The SandboxStudio-API stack creates a secret for this purpose. You must update it with the correct certificate from your Identity Center application. If the certificat...
Monitoring the solution
Overview The Sandbox Studio solution includes observability tools for monitoring the solution resources. Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights Sandbox Studio on AWS includes access to Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights to provide automatic detection an...
Investigating accounts in Quarantine state
When the Sandbox Studio solution detects an issue with one of its sandbox accounts, the account is moved to a Quarantine state and an email is sent to the solution administrators indicating that action be taken to resolve the account’s quarantine status. Note...
Resolving clean-up failures
If the cleanup process fails to completely clean an account at the end of a lease, Sandbox Studio will move the account into a Quarantine state, and email the Administrators notifying them of the issue. To resolve an account that has failed clean-up: L...
End User Licence Agreement (EULA)
Sandbox Studio Software LTDEnd User License Agreement (EULA) Version: 1.0 Table of Contents Parties and Product License Grant and Scope Key Definitions Usage Restrictions Intellectual Property Rights Disclaimers and Liability Support a...
Free Tier and Upgrading
Sandbox Studio's licensing is managed directly through the AWS Marketplace, ensuring a seamless and integrated experience with your existing AWS billing. Sandbox Studio software is licensed annually based on the number of AWS Accounts (sandboxes) you manage vi...
My AWS accounts
From the My AWS Accounts page, you can see the status and details of all the AWS accounts (aka "leases") you have requested. Request a new Account For active accounts, users can access the AWS console using this button If the account has a budget limit,...
Approving & rejecting leases
Accessing approvals When setting up the Account Templates, the Manager or Admins can set an account to require approval, before it is issued to a user. When a user requests such an account, Managers or Admins need to approve the request for the user to be gr...
Listing leases
As a Manager, you can see and manage leases. To have management access to leases, you need to: Have Manager access in Sandbox Studio Be granted management permissions on the account template that the leases use Note: Administrators have full permissions...
Home Page
After logging into the Sandbox Studio UI, as a Manager, you will land on your Manager's Home page. As a Sandbox Studio Manager, you have the dual capability of overseeing the environment for your end users and also requesting and accessing AWS Accounts your...