Aws Service Catalog

Hands-On

Demo

In this demo, we will:

  1. Create IAM roles for Service Catalog
  2. Create a Service Catalog portfolio
  3. Create a product using a CloudFormation template
  4. Add the product to the portfolio
  5. Grant access to end users
  6. Test provisioning as an end user
  7. Review provisioned products and governance
  8. Clean up resources

Agenda

Step 1: Create IAM Roles for Service Catalog

Create role

Add permissions

AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess

Attach policy to ServiceCatalogLaunchRole

PowerUserAccess

Name, review, and create

ServiceCatalogLaunchRole

Select trusted entities

Add permissions

Step 2: Create a Service Catalog Portfolio

Portfolios

Development Environment Portfolio

Create portfolio

Standardized development environments for engineering teams
IT Operations Team

Manage tags

Step 3: Create a CloudFormation Template for the Product

Create a file named development-ec2-template.yaml with the following content:

 

development-ec2-template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: 'Development EC2 Instance - Service Catalog Product'

Metadata:
  AWS::CloudFormation::Interface:
    ParameterGroups:
    - Label:
        default: "Instance Configuration"
      Parameters:
      - InstanceType
      - KeyPairName
    - Label:
        default: "Environment Settings"
      Parameters:
      - EnvironmentName
    ParameterLabels:
      InstanceType:
        default: "EC2 Instance Type"
      KeyPairName:
        default: "SSH Key Pair"
      EnvironmentName:
        default: "Environment Name"

Parameters:
  InstanceType:
    Type: String
    Default: t3.micro
    AllowedValues:
    - t2.micro
    - t2.small
    - t3.micro
    - t3.small
    Description: EC2 instance type for development environment

  EnvironmentName:
    Type: String
    Default: Development
    Description: Environment name tag for the instance
    MinLength: 1
    MaxLength: 50

  KeyPairName:
    Type: AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName
    Description: Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access
    ConstraintDescription: Must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair

Mappings:
  RegionMap:
    us-east-1:
      AMI: ami-00ca32bbc84273381 # Amazon Linux 2023
    us-west-1:
      AMI: ami-0e0ece251c1638797 # Amazon Linux 2023
    us-west-2:
      AMI: ami-002829755fa238bfa # Amazon Linux 2023
    us-east-2:
      AMI: ami-024e6efaf93d85776 # Amazon Linux 2023
    eu-west-1:
      AMI: ami-0b9fd8b55a6e3c9d5 # Amazon Linux 2023
    eu-central-1:
      AMI: ami-0669b163befffbdfc # Amazon Linux 2023
    ap-southeast-1:
      AMI: ami-0464f90f5928bccb8 # Amazon Linux 2023
    ap-northeast-1:
      AMI: ami-089a156ea4f52a0a3 # Amazon Linux 2023

Resources:
  DevelopmentSecurityGroup:
    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
    Properties:
      GroupDescription: Security group for development EC2 instance
      SecurityGroupIngress:
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 22
        ToPort: 22
        CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 80
        ToPort: 80
        CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 443
        ToPort: 443
        CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
      Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: !Sub ${EnvironmentName}-SecurityGroup
      - Key: Environment
        Value: !Ref EnvironmentName

  DevelopmentInstance:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Properties:
      InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
      KeyName: !Ref KeyPairName
      SecurityGroups:
      - !Ref DevelopmentSecurityGroup
      Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: !Sub ${EnvironmentName}-Instance
      - Key: Environment
        Value: !Ref EnvironmentName
      - Key: ManagedBy
        Value: ServiceCatalog
      UserData:
        Fn::Base64: !Sub |
          #!/bin/bash
          dnf update -y
          dnf install -y httpd
          systemctl start httpd
          systemctl enable httpd
          echo "<h1>Development Environment - ${EnvironmentName}</h1>" > /var/www/html/index.html
          echo "<p>Instance Type: ${InstanceType}</p>" >> /var/www/html/index.html
          echo "<p>Region: ${AWS::Region}</p>" >> /var/www/html/index.html

Outputs:
  InstanceId:
    Description: Instance ID of the development EC2 instance
    Value: !Ref DevelopmentInstance

  PublicIP:
    Description: Public IP address of the instance
    Value: !GetAtt DevelopmentInstance.PublicIp

  WebURL:
    Description: URL to access the web server
    Value: !Sub 'http://${DevelopmentInstance.PublicIp}'

Step 4: Create a Service Catalog Product

Create product

Development EC2 Instance

Create product

Pre-configured EC2 instance for development purposes with security group and web server
IT Operations

Version details

Support details

it-support@company.com
https://wiki.company.com/service-catalog

Manage tags

Product created successfully

Step 5: Add Product to Portfolio and Configure Constraints

Associate Product with Portfolio

Add product to portfolio

Add Product to Development Environment Portfolio

Add Launch Constraint

Create constraint

Constraint type

Select IAM role

Successfully created constraint

Access

Step 6: Create and Configure Test User

IAM - Create user

ServiceCatalog TestUser

Console password

Set permissions

AWSServiceCatalogEndUserFullAccess

Review and create

User created successfully

AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess

Add permissions

AWSCloudFormationReadOnlyAccess

Add permissions

Review

ServiceCatalog TestUser

Grant Portfolio Access to the IAM User

Development Environment Portfolio

Add users

Grant access

Step 7: Create EC2 Key Pair

Key pairs

dev-keypair

Create key pair

Step 8: Test Product Provisioning as End User

Login as End User

Go to Service Catalog

Launch product

MyDevEnvironment-001

Launch product

Fill Parameters

dev-keypair

Status • Under change

More details

Resources (2)

Events (1)

Outputs (4)

Clean Up

Terminate Provisioned Products

Terminate MyDevEnvironment

Delete Portfolios

Delete Product

delete

Delete Portfolios

Delete Key Pair

Delete

Check EC2 Instances

Delete IAM Role

Delete IAM User

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