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+# Examples
+
+## [federated-setup](./federated-setup/README.md)
+
+The directory contains templates for setting up the `configure-aws-credentials` federation between your GitHub Organization/repository and your AWS account.
+
+## [cfn-deploy-example](./cfn-deploy-example/README.md)
+
+Repository example uses aws-action `configure-aws-credentials` with OIDC federation template [github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role](./github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role.yml). Example demonstrates a repository that deploys AWS CloudFormation template using cfn-deploy GitHub Action.
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+name: 'compliance'
+## run ci testing on all push events
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  ## Guard rule set
+  sast-guard:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: grolston/guard-action@main
+      with:
+        data_directory: './cloudformation/' ## change to your template directory
+        rule_set: 'FedRAMP-Moderate'
+        show_summary: 'all'
+        output_format: 'single-line-summary'
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+---
+name: deploy
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+env:
+  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
+  AWS_DEFAULT_OUTPUT: json
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-cfn:
+    name: deploy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # These permissions are needed to interact with GitHub’s OIDC Token endpoint.
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
+      with:
+        aws-region: us-east-1
+        ## the following creates an ARN based on the values entered into github secrets
+        role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}:role/${{ secrets.AWS_DEPLOY_ROLE }}
+        role-session-name: myGitHubActions
+    - name: Deploy EC2 Bastion
+      uses: aws-actions/aws-cloudformation-github-deploy@v1.0.3
+      with:
+        name: myEC2bastion
+        ## change to path to template in your github repo
+        template: cloudformation/ec2-bastion.yml
+        capabilities: CAPABILITY_IAM, CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM
+        no-fail-on-empty-changeset: "1"
+        ## parameter set in github secrets
+        parameter-overrides: "pVpc=${{ secrets.VPC_ID }},pSubnet=${{ secrets.SUBNET_ID }}"
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+# cfn-deploy example
+
+Example uses aws-action `configure-aws-credentials` with OIDC federation. Prior to using this example project, the user needs to deploy the [github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role](../federated-setup/github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role.yml) template in the AWS account they want to deploy the CloudFormation template into. Specify the GitHub Organization name, repository name, and the specific branch you want to deploy on.
+
+Within the [github/workflows](./.github/workflows/) directory there is a [compliance.yml](./.github/workflows/compliance.yml) and a [deploy.yml](./.github/workflows/deploy.yml). The deploy.yml file leverages the aws-action `configure-aws-credentials` and accesses GitHub Action Secrets for some of the variables. The compliance.yml runs static application security testing using cfn-guard.
+
+To use the example you will need to set the following GitHub Action Secrets:
+
+| Secret Key | Used With | Description |
+| --------- | -------- | -----------|
+| AWS_ACCOUNT_ID | configure-aws-credentials | The AWS account ID |
+| AWS_DEPLOY_ROLE | configure-aws-credentials | The name of the IAM role |
+| VPC_ID | aws-cloudformation-github-deploy | VPC ID the EC2 Bastion is deployed to |
+| SUBNET_ID | aws-cloudformation-github-deploy | Subnet ID the EC2 Bastion is deployed to |
diff --git a/examples/cfn-deploy-example/ec2-bastion.yml b/examples/cfn-deploy-example/ec2-bastion.yml
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+---
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Description: EC2 bastion for latest AWS Linux 2 EC2 deployment
+Metadata:
+  AWS::CloudFormation::Interface:
+    ParameterGroups:
+      - Label:
+          default: "EC2 Configuration"
+        Parameters:
+          - pTagNameValue
+          - pOperatingSystem
+          - pInstanceType
+          - pVolumeSize
+          - pEbsDeleteOnTermination
+      - Label:
+          default: "Network Configuration"
+        Parameters:
+          - pVpc
+          - pSubnet
+    ParameterLabels:
+      pOperatingSystem:
+        default: "Operating System"
+      pInstanceType:
+        default: "Instance Type"
+      pTagNameValue:
+        default: "EC2 Name"
+      pVolumeSize:
+        default: "Volume Size"
+      pEbsDeleteOnTermination:
+        default: "Delete EBS Volume on Termination"
+      pSubnet:
+        default: "Subnet"
+      pVpc:
+        default: "VPC"
+Parameters:
+  pSubnet:
+    Description: The subnet to launch the instance in to. It must be part of the VPC chosen above.
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id
+  pVpc:
+    Description: The VPC to launch the EC2 instance in to.
+    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Id
+  pOperatingSystem:
+    Type: "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<AWS::EC2::Image::Id>"
+    Default: "/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs"
+  pInstanceType:
+    Description: Desired Instance Size
+    Type: String
+    Default: t3.small
+    AllowedValues:
+      - t3.small
+      - t3.medium
+      - t3.nano
+  pTagNameValue:
+    Description: "Required: Enter the tag name you'd like applied to the instance. Tag Name gives the name to the EC2 instance."
+    Type: String
+    MinLength: 1
+    Default: "myBastion"
+  pVolumeSize:
+    Description:
+      Enter the number of GBs you want your volume to be. The minimum value
+      is 8 GBs
+    Type: Number
+    Default: 50
+    MinValue: 8
+  pEbsDeleteOnTermination:
+    Description: "Specify if the EBS volume should be deleted if EC2 is deleted."
+    Type: String
+    Default: true
+    AllowedValues:
+      - true
+      - false
+Rules:
+  SubnetInVPC:
+    Assertions:
+      - Assert: !EachMemberIn
+          - !ValueOfAll
+            - AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id
+            - VpcId
+          - !RefAll "AWS::EC2::VPC::Id"
+        AssertDescription: All subnets must in the VPC
+Resources:
+  rSecurityGroupDefault:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: !Sub "Default SG for SC Product ${pTagNameValue} "
+      VpcId: !Ref pVpc
+      SecurityGroupEgress:
+        - Description: Outbound unrestricted traffic
+          IpProtocol: "-1"
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: !Ref pTagNameValue
+  rLinuxEc2:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Metadata:
+      guard:
+        SuppressedRules:
+          - 'EC2_INSTANCE_DETAILED_MONITORING_ENABLED'
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref pOperatingSystem
+      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref rec2InstanceProfile
+      Monitoring: false
+      InstanceType: !Ref pInstanceType
+      EbsOptimized: true
+      SourceDestCheck: true
+      SubnetId: !Ref pSubnet
+      SecurityGroupIds:
+        - !Ref rSecurityGroupDefault
+      BlockDeviceMappings:
+        - DeviceName: "/dev/xvda"
+          Ebs:
+            VolumeSize: !Ref pVolumeSize
+            DeleteOnTermination: !Ref pEbsDeleteOnTermination
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: !Ref pTagNameValue
+      UserData:
+        Fn::Base64:
+          yum update -y
+  ## Instance Profiles
+  ## EC2 IAM Roles
+  rEc2Role:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
+    Properties:
+      RoleName:  !Sub "ec2-role-${AWS::StackName}"
+      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
+        Statement:
+          - Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              Service: [ec2.amazonaws.com]
+            Action: ['sts:AssumeRole']
+      Path: /
+      ManagedPolicyArns:
+      - !Sub 'arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore'
+      - !Sub 'arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy'
+  rec2InstanceProfile:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile
+    Properties:
+      InstanceProfileName: !Sub "ec2-profile-${AWS::StackName}"
+      Path: /
+      Roles:
+        - !Ref rEc2Role
+Outputs:
+  oLinuxEc2InstanceId:
+    Description: Resource ID of the newly created EC2 instance
+    Value: !Ref rLinuxEc2
+  oLinuxEc2PrivateIP:
+    Description: Private IP Address for EC2
+    Value: !GetAtt rLinuxEc2.PrivateIp
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+# federated-setup
+
+## [github-action-oidc-federation](./github-actions-odic-federation.yml)
+
+Setup of the OIDC federation between your GitHub Organization/repository and your AWS account.
+
+## [github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role](./github-actions-oidc-federation-and-role.yml)
+
+Setup of the OIDC federation between your GitHub Organization/repository and your AWS account along with a role that only executes on specific branch.
diff --git a/examples/federated-setup/github-actions-odic-federation.yml b/examples/federated-setup/github-actions-odic-federation.yml
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+---
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Description: Github Actions configuration - OIDC IAM IdP Federation
+
+Parameters:
+
+  GitHubOrganization:
+    Type: String
+    Description: This is the root organization or personal account where repos are stored (Case Sensitive)
+    Default: ""
+
+  RepositoryName:
+    Type: String
+    Description: The repo(s) these roles will have access to. (Use * for all org or personal repos)
+    Default: "*"
+
+  RoleName:
+    Type: String
+    Description: Name the Role
+    Default: ""
+
+
+Resources:
+
+  IdpGitHubOidc:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::OIDCProvider
+    Properties:
+      Url: https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
+      ClientIdList:
+        - sts.amazonaws.com
+        - !Sub https://github.com/${GitHubOrganization}/${RepositoryName}
+      ThumbprintList:
+        - 6938fd4d98bab03faadb97b34396831e3780aea1
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: !Sub ${RoleName}-OIDC-Provider
+
+
+Outputs:
+
+  IdpGitHubOidc:
+    Description: "ARN of Github OIDC Provider"
+    Value: !GetAtt IdpGitHubOidc.Arn
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+---
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Description: Github Actions configuration - OIDC IAM IdP and associated role CI/CD
+
+Parameters:
+
+  GitHubOrganization:
+    Type: String
+    Description: This is the root organization or personal account where repos are stored (Case Sensitive)
+
+  RepositoryName:
+    Type: String
+    Description: The repo(s) these roles will have access to. (Use * for all org or personal repos)
+    Default: "*"
+
+  BranchName:
+    Type: String
+    Description: Name of the git branch to to trust. (Use * for all branches)
+    Default: "*"
+
+  RoleName:
+    Type: String
+    Description: Name the Role
+
+  UseExistingProvider:
+    Type: String
+    Description: "Only one GitHub Provider can exists. Choose yes if one is already present in account"
+    Default: "no"
+    AllowedValues:
+      - "yes"
+      - "no"
+
+Conditions:
+
+  CreateProvider: !Equals ["no", !Ref UseExistingProvider]
+
+Resources:
+
+  IdpGitHubOidc:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::OIDCProvider
+    Condition: CreateProvider
+    Properties:
+      Url: https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
+      ClientIdList:
+        - sts.amazonaws.com
+        - !Sub https://github.com/${GitHubOrganization}/${RepositoryName}
+      ThumbprintList:
+        - 6938fd4d98bab03faadb97b34396831e3780aea1
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: !Sub ${RoleName}-OIDC-Provider
+
+  RoleGithubActions:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
+    Properties:
+      RoleName: !Ref RoleName
+      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
+        Statement:
+          - Effect: Allow
+            Action: sts:AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
+            Principal:
+              Federated: !If
+                - CreateProvider
+                - !Ref IdpGitHubOidc
+                - !Sub arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:oidc-provider/token.actions.githubusercontent.com
+            Condition:
+              StringLike:
+                token.actions.githubusercontent.com:sub: !Sub repo:${GitHubOrganization}/${RepositoryName}:ref:refs/heads/${BranchName}
+      ManagedPolicyArns:
+        ## edit the managed policy to give least privileges
+        - !Sub arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess
+
+Outputs:
+
+  IdpGitHubOidc:
+    Condition: CreateProvider
+    Description: "ARN of Github OIDC Provider"
+    Value: !GetAtt IdpGitHubOidc.Arn
+
+  RoleGithubActionsARN:
+    Description: "CICD Role for GitHub Actions"
+    Value: !GetAtt RoleGithubActions.Arn