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Secrets & Encryption keys
Secrets Sandbox Studio creates 4 secrets in AWS Secrets Manager: Secret name Description Rotated? /SandboxStudio/Sandbox/Auth/IdpCert IAM Identity Center Certificate of the Sandbox Studio SAML 2.0 custo...
Data stored (and where)
Overview Sandbox Studio provisions a single-AZ database by default (db.t4g.micro). You can modify the database size according to your requirements. Data Storage The database stores the following types of data: User display names and internal...
Monitor for updates
Automatic Update Alerts When a new version of Sandbox Studio is available, administrators will receive an update notification that appears in their left menu. This notification system is designed to keep administrators informed of significant updates without ...
Update Sandbox Studio
Updating Made Simple Updating Sandbox Studio is easier than ever. The update process uses the same installation script you used for the initial setup, making it straightforward and familiar. How It Works When you run the installation script on a environment...
How to display users profile pictures
Starting with version 1.1.0 of Sandbox Studio, users' profile pictures can be displayed in the interface: IAM Identity Center IAM IdC has a specific attribute for profile picture URL: This is the field that you need to map from your IdP in order to ...
Terminate my account
From the left menu, access your accounts by clicking on "My AWS accounts": In the list of accounts, select the account you want to terminate and click on the "Terminate" button (1): Tick the box to acknowledge that all resources in the account will be de...
Share my account
Accounts can be shared with other users either at creation time (see [Requesting a New Account](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/books/user-guide/page/requesting-a-new-account)) or after the account is active. Shared users receive the same access permi...
Accessing environment details
For accounts with pre-provisioned resources, AWS resources are automatically provisioned when a lease is created. Template owners can configure specific outputs — such as environment variables, URLs, and credentials — to be surfaced to you once provisioning is...
Account Setup Failed
Account with pre-defined resources may fail during setup. When this occurs, the following message is displayed. Click on "Show account history" to see the account that filed setup: Copy the "Lease ID" and contact the manager of the account type or the a...
What are events?
Events allow you to assign and manage AWS accounts for a group of users in one place. This is useful when working with a defined set of participants, for example: Running a workshop or hackathon Delivering a university subject or training course Onboardi...
Filtering leases
Filter by lease status From the leases page, you can select the status of the leases you want to display. Example, only showing "Pending Approval" leases: Filter by other fields You can also filter by all the fields displayed in the table. This allows, fo...
Lease details
This page describes the different sections of the lease details page: Account Summary Account summary contains the basic information about the lease and its associated account: The Status of the lease. See lease status here Lease ID. This is the un...
Locking & unlocking an account
Managers and Administrators can lock (and unlock) accounts. Accounts can be locked if they are over budget or if they have expired. Once locked, the account is not accessible anymore to the end user, but remains active and accessible to the managers and admi...
Extend budget or duration
Account limits versus Account templates limits: It is important to understand how duration and budget work: The initial budget/duration of an account (or lease) is set on account creation, based on the account template used. i.e: If the account template...
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...