Search Results

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: ...

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:

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...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...