Purpose
To facilitate the deployment and management of AWS accounts it is recommended to have clear naming convention that reflect your organization.
Decision Choose a method to naming the different AWS Accounts |
AWS Accounts Naming Matrix
Organizational Unit | Account Naming Convention |
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Security | Default (Audit, LogArchive) |
Infrastructure | Default (Networking, SharedServices) |
Workloads | UniBW_AA_BB_CC_projectname_subprojectname |
Sandbox | UniBW_AA_BB_CC_sandbox_username |
Students | UniBW_AA_BB_CC_DD_username |
Suspended | Imported from origin OU |
AA (Organization Unit):
- fac = Faculty
- rz = Data Center
- adm = Administration
- ri = Research Institute
BB (Faculties / Research Institutes):
Faculties:
- bau = civil engineering and environmental sciences
- eit = electrical engineering and information technology
- hum = human sciences
- inf = computer science
- lrt = aerospace engineering
- sowi = social sciences and public affairs
- wow = economics and management
- bw = business administration
- etti = electrical and computer engineering
- mb = mechanical engineering
Research Institutes:
- code = Cyber Defence
- ciss = Center for Intelligence and Security Studies
- marc = Military Aviation Research Center
- move = Modern Vehicles
- risk = risk, infrastructure, security and conflicts
- sens = Integrated Sensor Systems
- space = Space
- smadh = Smart Digital Health
CC (Professorship):
- prof-xx = TBD
- prof-yy = TBD
- prof-zz = TBD
DD (Project Type):
- bth = Bachelor thesis
- mth = Master thesis
- phd = Dissertation
Examples:
- UniBW_fac_etti_prof-neve_more_battery-simulation
- UniBW_fac_etti_prof-neve_phd_karnehm
- UniBW_ri_ciss_prof-masala_kfe
Refer to: 1-1 - Decision - Foundational Account Design for explaination about which Organisational Unit to put your account under.