Cloud integration using AWS Secrets Manager - For Cloud integrations, you can configure the Control Room and external key vault integration using the Automation 360 Control Room user interface.

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For Cloud integrations, you can configure the Control Room and external key vault integration using the Automation 360 Control Room user interface.

The Agent auto-login and Agent automation use cases are only supported on Automation 360 Cloud Control Room instances. Neither of these use cases affect the Control Room boot sequence or Control Room functionality.

Note: Bootstrap and service account credential retrieval use cases are not supported on Cloud Control Room instances because the database and services are managed internally by Automation Anywhere. There is no compliance use case (requirement) for these credentials to be stored in the customer external key vault.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that you understand the key vault naming convention requirements before you integrate the AWS Secrets Manager. See External key vault naming conventions.

  • Gather the following details:
    Item Description
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID The AWS environment variable that specifies an AWS access key associated with an IAM user or role.
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY The AWS environment variable that specifies the secret key associated with the access key.
    Region A separate geographic area that AWS uses to house its infrastructure.
    Note: The AWS account used to connect to AWS does not require an IAM role. Instead, you need the specific AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY for the AWS account in order to configure the external key vault connector through Automation 360 Control Room.
Procedure
Note: In Automation 360 v.41 and later, external vault configuration is available through only one of the following paths, depending on the features enabled for your environment:
  • If the Manage > External Vault option is visible, configure external vault using this flow. This flow supports configuring external vault connection in environments that use one or more external vaults.
  • If not, configure external vault using Administration > Settings > External key vault.
  1. Log in to the Automation 360 Control Room with the required permissions.
  2. Do one of the following based on the navigation path visible to you:
    • Navigate to Administration > Settings > External key vault and click the Edit icon.

      Administration path

    • Navigate to Manage > External Vault > Vaults and click the Add Vault, Add or + icon.

      Manage path

  3. Click AWS and then enter the specific AWS information described in the table in the Prerequisites section.
  4. Click Save changes or Add Vault to connect the external key vault.
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