Cross-Account Access via CloudFormation | Dropzone AI Documentation
Deployment of AWS Roles for Dropzone Visibility
There are multiple ways to deploy AWS roles to provide Dropzone visibility into your environment. See the AWS documentation for more info.
Dropzone provides CloudFormation Templates (CFTs) that assist you in creating the IAM Role you need to integrate with Dropzone. The new role includes a custom trust policy, an AWS-managed ReadOnlyAccess policy, and an inline policy granting specific permissions for secure and streamlined Dropzone operations.
Available CFTs
| Name | CFT Link | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ReadOnly | link | This policy provides read-only access to all your AWS resources. Use this if you do not want to edit your role if more permissions are required in the future. |
| Minimum ReadOnly | link | This policy provides read-only access to only those AWS resources currently needed by Dropzone. Use this if you are prepared to edit your Policies in the future if Dropzone adds new functionality that requires more access. |
Both create a Custom Trust Policy that ensures secure role assumption by Dropzone, using the provided External ID and User ARN.
Minimum ReadOnly Access List
The current Minimum ReadOnly access list is as follows:
AWSCloudTrail_ReadOnlyAccessAmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccessAmazonGuardDutyReadOnlyAccessAmazonRoute53ReadOnlyAccessAmazonS3OutpostsReadOnlyAccessAmazonS3ReadOnlyAccessAmazonSSMReadOnlyAccessIAMReadOnlyAccess
Find the Dropzone IAM Role Information
Navigate to your Dropzone AI tenant home page, e.g., https:// mycompany.dropzone.app
In the bottom left-hand corner, click Settings > Integrations
Click "Available"
In the Search bar, search AWS, then click "Configure"
Under the "Connection" section, record the
ARNandEXTERNAL IDvalues, for use later in the AWS CloudFormation UI
Running the CloudFormation Template
You will need to repeat these instructions for each account you want to be visible to Dropzone.
- Log into your AWS account
- Go to the CloudFormation console, https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
- Click on "Create Stack" > "With new resources (standard)"
If this is your first stack, then the option will not have "With new resources"
In the "Prerequisite - Prepare template" section, select "Choose an existing template"
In the "Specify template" section, select "Amazon S3 URL"
In the "Amazon S3 URL" field, input the link to the CFT you've chosen to use (e.g., ReadOnly) from the table at the top of this document
Click "Next"
Enter a "Stack name", e.g., "Dropzone-AI"
In the Parameters section, fill out the information you gathered from the Dropzone UI
Click "Next"
On the "Configure stack options" page, click "Next"
On the "Review and create" page, click "Submit"
Once the stack creation is complete, click Outputs
Record the RoleARN value shown for use later in the Dropzone UI where it will be referred to as "Role ARNs"
If you have additional AWS accounts, repeat the process for each of them
Once done, you may move onto configuring the Dropzone Data and Alert Sources described in the AWS documentation