CFDDFC on AWS: Browser Desktop (DCV) Free Licence

NICE DCV

The following instructions are only required if you plan to use Web CFD Direct From the Cloud (CFDDFC®), which includes the remote desktop accessed through a web browser. The remote desktop is provided by NICE DCV which is provided free with Amazon EC2. AWS provides the free licence by detecting whether the instance can access a particular S3 bucket. The instance must therefore include an attached IAM role (instance policy), containing a policy to access the relevant S3 bucket. The role and policy require a one-time configuration as described below.

IAM Policy

• Start from the Identity and Access Management (IAM) console.
• Select Policies and click Create Policy.
• Click the JSON tab and paste the following policy rule:

  {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [ 
          {
              "Effect": "Allow",
              "Action": "s3:GetObject",
              "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::dcv-license.*/*"
          }
      ]
  }

• Click Next: Tags, then Next: Review
• Under Name, enter CFDDFC-Web.
• Click Create Policy.

IAM Role

• In the IAM console, select Roles and click Create Role.
• Check AWS Service under Trusted Entity Type and EC2 under Use Case.
• Click Next to go to Add Permissions.
• Search for the CFDDFC-Web permission, and check it to select.
• Click Next and enter CFDDFC-Web as the role name.
• Click Create Role.

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