The Auditmation Platform (TAP) NODE creation
Overview
The Auditmation Platform (TAP) requires several Green Lights to function.
This walk through will show how to create a TAP NODE using the Amazon Cloudformation product
TAP NODE is the 1st Green Light required.
The screenshots in this walk through are examples of values for illustration purposes which will need to be replaced with the actual values from the AWS instance being used to create the NODE.
Prerequisites
Administrator Access to an AWS Instance
Administrator Access to the Auditmation Portal Organization
- Needed to access the Create New Api Key option on TAP
Node Setup on AWS using Cloudformation
Open AWS management console
Open CloudFormation
Click Create Stack
NOTE: If there are exiting stacks, select “With new resources (standard)”
Create stack
Paste the link into the Amazon s3 URL field, leave everything else as default
Amazon S3 URL Node cloud formation templates in s3
Click Next
Specify stack details
NOTE:
The Stack Name value will become the TAP NODE Name show in the UI)
Parameters
Instance Configuration > InstanceType (leave as default)
Network Configuration
This information needs to be provided by your internal IT department.
NOTE:
The information displayed in the following screenshot is for illustration purposes only.
Hub Configuration
HubServerHostname value must equal TAP base URL for your organization.
The OrgId and ApiKey values are generated by using the “Create New Api Key” option under the TAP User menu.
Environment (Optional)
This section can be used to provide a TAP NODE access to an external secret manager (e.g., HashiCorp Vault).
Configure stack options
Leave all as default
Click next
Review
Scroll to bottom to find Capabilities “I acknowledge…” check box
Check the “I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names” box.
Click the “Create stack” button to start the CREATE IN PROGRESS
Once the “CREATE_COMPLETE” status is displayed
TAP NODE will show in the UI with an “UP” status
