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Account Factory Installation

Overview​

Account Factory is automatically added to new Pipelines root repositories as part of the bootstrapping process.

Out of the box Account Factory has the following components:

  • 📋 An HTML form for generating workflow inputs: .github/workflows/account-factory-inputs.html

  • 🏭 A workflow for generating new requests: .github/workflows/account-factory.yml

  • 🗃️ A root directory tracking account requests: _new-account-requests

  • ⚙️ A yaml file tracking account names and IDs: accounts.yml

You can read more about how to use these components in the Vending a New AWS Account Guide.

Configuring Account Factory​

Account Factory is ready to start vending new accounts without modifying any options. If needed, you can find a full reference of every configuration option here allowing you to customize the values and templates used when generating new IaC for new accounts.