Getting Started
This page helps you set up Amnify step by step. Follow the sections in order — each one builds on the previous.
1. Connect Your Cloud Providers
Before Amnify can scan or deploy anything, you need to connect at least one cloud account. This is a one-time setup per account.
| Provider | Guide |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure | Connecting Azure |
| Amazon Web Services | Connecting AWS — supports both static credentials and Assume Role |
| Google Cloud Platform | Connecting GCP |
After connecting, Amnify discovers your subscriptions, accounts, or projects automatically. You can manage which ones are active in Integrations.
See Integrations Overview for a full explanation of how cloud connections work.
2. Run Your First Security Scan
Once a cloud provider is connected, you can immediately scan it for security misconfigurations:
- Go to Security in the sidebar
- Click Run Scan
- Select the cloud integration and accounts to scan
- Wait for results — depending on the size of your environment, this takes a few minutes
After the scan completes, explore:
- Dashboard — your security score, trends, and category breakdown
- Findings — individual misconfigurations with severity and remediation guidance
- Compliance — how your environment maps to frameworks like CIS, SOC 2, PCI-DSS
You can also schedule recurring scans to run automatically.
3. Connect GitHub for Infrastructure Deployments
If your team wants to use Amnify Deploy to provision cloud infrastructure, you need a GitHub repository that stores your Terraform templates.
- Go to Integrations and click Create integration
- Select GitHub as the provider
- Provide your repository name and a personal access token with read access
- Click Create
Once connected, go to Deploy → Templates and click Sync from GitHub to import your templates.
See Using Templates for the required repository structure, or Templates for a conceptual overview.
4. Create Your First Deployment
With templates synced and a cloud integration configured, you're ready to deploy infrastructure:
- Prerequisites — verify everything is in place
- Quickstart — step-by-step walkthrough of your first deployment
What's Next
Once you're up and running, explore these areas based on your needs:
| Goal | Where to go |
|---|---|
| Understand the security dashboard | Dashboard guide |
| Manage which findings to act on | Mute list |
| Organize deployments into projects | Managing Projects |
| Chain deployments in sequence | Creating Pipelines |
| Understand approval workflows | Approval Workflow |
| Deploy across multiple cloud providers | Multi-Cloud Support |