Deprecated

This project has been deprecated.

We recommend you look at AWS Organizations as a means to automate AWS account creation.

AwsAccountUtils

A collection of helpers for creating and modifying AWS account details that can not be done using any existing AWS API

Special Note: the create_account operation requires that your IP be white-listed by AWS in order to bypass the CAPTCHA

Installation

NOTE: Ruby 2.2 is required!

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'aws_account_utils'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install aws_account_utils

Usage

Overview

If you are required to go through a proxy, the following should be set prior to execution.

export AWS_ACCOUNT_UTILS_HTTP_PROXY=myproxyhots.com
export AWS_ACCOUNT_UTILS_HTTP_PROXY_PORT=80

aws_utils = AwsAccountUtils::AwsAccountUtils.new(
  browser: (Watir::Browser) - default: Watir Browser object - You can pass in your own Browser object or use the built-in which uses firefox.
  logger: (Logger) - default: Logger object. - You can pass in your own logger or use the built in.
  log_level: (Symbol) - default: :info - Sets the logger level. Only :info and :debug are useful
  screenshots: (String) - default: nil - Enables screenshots by passing the directory to put the screenshots which are taken throughout the different operations. 
 )

Operations

create_account
change_root_password
check_enterprise_support
close_account
confirm_consolidated_billing
create_root_access_keys
delete_root_access_keys
email_opt_out
enable_enterprise_support
enable_iam_billing
logout_from_console
request_consolidated_billing
set_alternate_contacts
set_challenge_questions
set_company_name

create_account

Creates a new AWS Account and with the minimal amount of information and returns the account number of the new account. Requires that your IP be white-listed by AWS in order to bypass the CAPTCHA

#create_account(account_name:, account_email, account_password:, account_details:)

Examples:

details = { 'fullName'     => 'Herman Munster',
            'company'      => 'The Munsters',
            'addressLine1' => '1313 Mockingbird Lane',
            'city'         => 'Mockingbird Heights',
            'state'        => 'CA',
            'postalCode'   => '92000',
            'phoneNumber'  => '(800) 555-1212',
            'guess'        => 'Test Account' }

resp = aws_utils.create_account(account_name: 'My Test Account 01',
                                account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                account_password: 'foobar1212121',
                                account_details: details)
resp #=> String

Parameters:

account_name: (required, String) - The account name to associate with this new account
account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account
account_details: (required, Hash) - Hash of account details

Returns:

1234-1223-1242 #Accont Number => String

change_root_password

Changes the account password

change_root_password(account_email:, account_password:, new_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.change_root_password(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                      account_password: 'foobar1212121',
                                      new_password: 'mynewpassword')
resp #=> true/false

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The old password to use with this new account
new_password: (required, String) - The new password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

check_enterprise_support

Checks if enterprise support is enabled

check_enterprise_support(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.check_enterprise_support(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                          account_password: 'foobar1212121'')
resp #=> true/false

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

close_account

Closes AWS Account

close_account(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.close_account(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                               account_password: 'foobar1212121'')
resp #=> true/false

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

confirm_consolidated_billing

Confirms consolidated billing by taking the link that was emailed to you when you enabled consolidated billing.

confirm_consolidated_billing(account_email:, account_password:, confirmation_link:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.confirm_consolidated_billing(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                              account_password: 'foobar1212121',
                                              confirmation_link: 'amazonaws.com/confirmationlink')
resp #=> nil

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account
confirmation_link: (required, String) - The unique url that will confirm billing

Returns:

#return => nil

create_root_access_keys

Creates access and secret key for root account

create_root_access_keys(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.create_root_access_keys(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                         account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> Hash

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Hash {:access_key=>"my_access_key", :secret_key=>"my_secret_key"}

delete_root_access_keys

Deletes ALL root access/secret keys from the root of the account

delete_root_access_keys(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.delete_root_access_keys(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                         account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => true/false

email_opt_out

Opts account out of all email marketing

email_opt_out(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.email_opt_out(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                               account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

enable_enterprise_support

Enables enterprise support, this should be done after consolidated billing has been setup

enable_enterprise_support(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.enable_enterprise_support(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                           account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

enable_iam_billing

Sets the account to enable IAM billing

enable_iam_billing(account_email:, account_password:) Examples:

resp = aws_utils.enable_iam_billing(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                    account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

existing_consolidated_billing

Checks to see if consolidated billing has been setup

existing_consolidated_billing?(account_email:, account_password:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.existing_consolidated_billing?(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                                account_password: 'foobar1212121)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

logout_from_console

Logs out of the console

logout_from_console

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.logout_from_console
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

Returns:

#return => Boolean

request_consolidated_billing

Requests consolidated billing to be setup with your master account. An email is sent to the account being added with a link. That link should be passed into confirm_consolidated_billing

request_consolidated_billing(master_account_email:, master_account_password:, account_email:)

Examples:

resp = aws_utils.request_consolidated_billing(master_account_email: 'my_master_acccount@gmail.com',
                                              master_account_password: 'master_acct_password,
                                              account_email: 'my_new_account_email@gmail.com')
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

master_account_email: (required, String) - The email for your master billing aws account
master_account_password: (required, String) - The password for your master billing aws account
account_email: (required, String) - The email for the account you want to add to consolidated billing under the master account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

set_alternate_contacts

Sets alternate contacts for the account

set_alternate_contacts(account_email:, account_password:, contact_info:)

Examples:

contacts = {'operations' => {'name' => 'Operations Name',
                             'title' => 'Operations Title',
                             'email' => 'operations@test.com',
                             'phoneNumber' => '888-888-1212'},
            'security' => {'name' => 'Security Name',
                           'title' => 'Security Title',
                           'email' => 'Security@test.com',
                           'phoneNumber' => '888-888-1212'}}
                                     
resp = aws_utils.set_alternate_contacts(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                        account_password: 'foobar1212121,
                                        contact_info: contacts)
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account
contact_info: (required, Hash) - A Hash of Hash of contacts, operations, security, etc.

Returns:

#return => Boolean

set_challenge_questions

Sets the accounts challenge security questions

set_challenge_questions(account_email:, account_password:, answers:)

Examples:

my_answers = {1 => 'answer1',
              2 => 'answer2',
              3 => 'answer3'}
              
resp = aws_utils.set_challenge_questions(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                         account_password: 'foobar1212121,
                                         answers: my_answers)
                                        
resp #=> {1 => 'answer1', 2 => 'answer2', 3 => 'answer3'}

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email to associate with this new account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this new account
answers: (optional, Hash) - A hash of answers to fill in for the security questions. If you dont pass your own, Random word will generate for you.

Returns:

#return => Hash

set_company_name

Sets company name for the account (any time after account is created)

set_company_name(account_email:, account_password:, company_name:)

Examples:

                                     
resp = aws_utils.set_alternate_contacts(account_email: 'adfefef@gmail.com',
                                        account_password: 'foobar1212121,
                                        name: 'The Munsters, Inc.')
resp #=> True/False

Parameters:

account_email: (required, String) - The email address to use with this account
account_password: (required, String) - The password to use with this account
contact_info: (required, String) - The company name to add to this account

Returns:

#return => Boolean

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/aws_account_utils/fork )
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create a new Pull Request

aws_account_utils

Development

Runtime

Deprecated

AwsAccountUtils

Installation

Usage

Overview

Operations

create_account

change_root_password

check_enterprise_support

close_account

confirm_consolidated_billing

create_root_access_keys

delete_root_access_keys

email_opt_out

enable_enterprise_support

enable_iam_billing

existing_consolidated_billing

logout_from_console

request_consolidated_billing

set_alternate_contacts

set_challenge_questions

set_company_name

Development

Contributing