Integrating Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Jamf Pro
This article explains how to integrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Jamf Pro.
The procedure involves the following steps:
- Setting Up AWS
- Configuring AWS as a Distribution Point in Jamf Pro
General Requirements
To integrate AWS with Jamf Pro, you need:
- A fully trusted SSL certificate in Jamf Pro
- An AWS account with Amazon S3 and CloudFront enabled
For more information on how to sign up for Amazon S3, see the following documentation from Amazon: Prerequisite: Setting up Amazon S3
For more information on how to set up Amazon CloudFront, see the following documentation from Amazon: What is Amazon CloudFront?
Step 1: Setting Up AWS
Before integrating AWS with Jamf Pro, you must set up AWS first. To set up AWS, you must have an administrator Identity and Access Management (IAM) user that is part of an administrator group. For more information, see the following documentation from Amazon: Creating your first IAM admin user and group
Next, you must create an IAM policy for the user that Jamf Pro will use to integrate with AWS. The IAM user must have certain permissions configured to allow Jamf Pro to access to your AWS account. Amazon recommends that you add the IAM user to a group and attach the policy with the permissions to the group instead of the user.
For more information on how to add permissions to users and groups, see the "Adding permissions by adding the user to a group" section of the following documentation from Amazon: Changing permissions for an IAM user
- Create the policy:
- Create a new IAM user and attach the new policy:
Step 2: Configuring AWS as a Distribution Point in Jamf Pro
After setting up AWS, you can configure AWS as a cloud distribution point in Jamf Pro.
- Enter the access key ID and the secret access key from the IAM user you created in AWS in the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key fields in Jamf Pro.
- After creating the cloud distribution point, Jamf recommends that you test the connection to the content delivery network.
Additional Information
For more information on how to configure and test a cloud distribution point, see Cloud Distribution Point in the Jamf Pro Documentation.