Approving and Executing Cloudfix Fixers

This guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough on approving recommended changes within CloudFix that interact with AWS services.

Accessing the Dashboard

1. Open Dashboard: Visit the CloudFix Dashboard to begin. 

Approving Recommendations

2. View Recommendations: Click any Recommendation section to view proposed changes.
   Review Details: Open the recommendation and click on the "Pending Approval Tab" to see specifics.
   
   

Approval Process

4. Initial Approval: Click "APPROVE". 
   
5. AWS Role Confirmation: Accept the defaults in the AWS Switch role dialog and click the confirmation button.
   
6. Final Approval: Click "Approve" again after typing a comment in the "Comments - optional" field. 
   
7. Confirmation: Verify that the message "Change Template Cloudfix-Template-xxx-prod successfully approved" appears.

Completing the Process

8. Return to CloudFix: Go back and click "Done" in the Template Approval Dialog. The fixes will now be available in the "Available to Execute" section.
9. Select and Execute: Resources in the "Ready" state can be selected individually or in bulk.Click "Execute" to send the jobs to Change Manager.
10. Monitoring Progress: To check on progress, go back to AWS, switch the role back from TemplateApprover, and click "Requests".
11. Verify Execution: Ensure that the requests appear, which can take a few minutes.