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# CloudWatch Dashboard Sharing
## Initial Setup
1. [Set up SSO for CloudWatch dashboard sharing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-dashboard-sharing.html#share-cloudwatch-dashboards-setup-SSO)
1. When setting **Identity Providers** on the **Cognito User Pool**, choose **SAML**
2. When prompted for a **Metadata document**
1. Upload the [IdP Metadata from SAML.to](https://saml.to/metadata) for your User or Organization
3. When prompted for the **Provider name**
1. Input `saml-to`
2. In [Dashboard Sharing](https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/home?region=us-east-1#settings:/dashboardSharing), select `saml-to` as the Identity Provider
3. Go to the desired Dashboard in CloudWatch
1. Click **Actions** then **Share Dashboard**
2. Under **Share all your account’s CloudWatch dashboards using single sign-on (SSO)**
1. Under **Resources**
1. Make note of the **Sharable Link** (e.g. `https://cloudwatch.amazonaws.com/dashboard.html?...`)
2. Navigate to the **Cognito UserPoolIdentityProvider**
1. Make note of the **User Pool ID** (e.g. `us-east-1_Q046sC47y`)
2. Under Make note of the **Cognito Domain** (e.g. `https://cw-db-580360238192.auth.us-east-1.amazoncognito.com`)
4. Edit `saml-to.yml` in your configured repository and make the following changes:
```
providers:
...
my-dashboard:
loginUrl: 'YOUR_DASHBOARD_SHAREABLE_LINK'
entityId: 'urn:amazon:cognito:sp:YOUR_USER_POOL_ID'
acsUrl: 'YOUR_COGNITO_DOMAIN/saml2/idpresponse'
nameIdFormat: email
...
permissions:
...
my-dashboard:
users:
github:
- YOUR_GITHUB_USER_ID
- ANOTHER_GITHUB_USER_ID
```
* Replace `YOUR_DASHBOARD_SHAREABLE_LINK` with the **Shareable Link** above
* Replace `YOUR_USER_POOL_ID` with the **User Pool ID** above
* Replace `YOUR_COGNITO_DOMAIN` with the **Cognito Domain** above
* Replace `YOUR_GITHUB_USER_ID` with your GitHub Login
* Add other GitHub users as-needed!
## Opening the Dashboard
After installing the [SAML.to CLI](https://github.com/saml-to/cli), run the following command:
```
saml-to login my-dashboard
```
Which will open a browser window to the dashboard!
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