For Users: How to Convert an Existing IAM User to An IAM Role

With the release of v2.3 of ParkMyCloud, AWS accounts can be added using IAM Roles, which is the preferred method by AWS.

But, what if you already have existing accounts in ParkMyCloud which were added using IAM User credentials?

Does that mean I have to delete those and re-add them as IAM Roles?  Yikes!! That means I would have to 

• throw away all the work I did in figuring out just the right parking schedules for my instances; 
• throw away all the work I did in sorting my instances to teams; 
• re-discover all the instances in that account

The answer is NO!

All you have to do is create a new IAM Role for that AWS account.  We will detect the conflict and offer to convert it for you. The who process takes just a few seconds, once you have entered the IAM Role information.

For example, here is Jon Snow, from Game of Thrones, LTD:

Jon goes to the Edit My Credentials page under My Teams:

You'll notice that Jon has already converted two of his accounts to IAM Roles. He has saved the best for last: Production.

He's going to let you look over his shoulder while he does this.

First, he simply begins the process by adding a new IAM Role. He checks the "IAM Role" box and clicks on the button above.

Next, he fills out the account name, in this case Prod Account (IAM Role), picks the team it will be assigned to, in this case the Prod Team.



He then uses the AWS account number provided and external ID generated to get an ARN string from his administrator. Once that information is entered, he saves the credential.

ParkMyCloud requires that the underlying AWS account be unique throughout the system. Therefore, it detects a conflict with the existing account, which was entered before using an IAM User credential and it offers to convert that credential for you.

You merely click OK and your work is done!

Your old IAM User credential has been magically transformed into an IAM Role, without you having to modify parking schedules, re-sort instances to teams or re-discover your environment.

That has saved you a ton of work, and has inspired you to tell your friends about ParkMyCloud.

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