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# Onboard AWS

Effortlessly integrate your AWS account with Cloudshim to visualize and manage your cloud environment — no manual configuration required. Onboarding is a simple, one-click process powered by a prebuilt CloudFormation template that’s launched through AWS’s native console.

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### Onboard multiple AWS Accounts

You can onboard as many AWS accounts as you need — simply repeat the process for each.
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### Integrating with Cloudshim

1. In the Cloudshim onboarding wizard, click Connect AWS Account.

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2. Review the required CloudFormation stack and its permissions.

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3. Click Run Cloudshim Stack — this will open a new browser tab with the AWS CloudFormation console (ensure you’re logged into the correct account).
4. Leave all the default values intact.

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5. Check the box that says:

**“I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources.”**

6. Click Create stack to complete the onboarding.

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In under a minute, the stack deployment will be complete. Cloudshim will automatically get a confirmation for that and you do not need to set anything else.

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After onboarding, head over to set your **AWS account name** in the Settings.
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