Onboard Amazon Web Services - Follow the AWS onboarding wizard, and Cortex XDR creates a custom authentication template to be executed in GCP. - Administrator Guide - Cortex XDR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XDR 5.x Documentation

Product
Cortex XDR
License
XDR + Cloud
Creation date
2025-07-13
Last date published
2026-06-11
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Follow the AWS onboarding wizard, and Cortex XDR creates a custom authentication template to be executed in GCP.

Notice

Requires a Cortex XDR license that has the Cloud Posture Security or Cloud Runtime Security add-on.

Use the cloud onboarding wizard to integrate an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment with Cortex XDR. The onboarding wizard requires minimal configuration to set up the integration. To complete the minimum configuration, define the scope of the AWS accounts and specify the scan mode. Alternatively, configure the advanced settings for full control of the onboarding process.

Cortex XDR generates a CloudFormation template based on the configuration settings. The template establishes trust with AWS and creates the required resources. Execute the template in AWS to complete the onboarding process. Executing the template notifies Cortex XDR of the execution details. Cortex XDR then creates a new cloud instance.