Enterprise Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS) User Guide Series - 16.1

Oct 25, 2026

Enterprise Architect creates and documents Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtual infrastructure diagrams using modeling constructs, linking cloud services to broader project artifacts. The guide explains how to set the AWS Architecture Perspective, import the required AWS Web Images pattern with 350+ image assets, and build diagrams with elements like EC2, RDS, VPCs, subnets, and availability zones. It also covers tracing AWS diagram components to requirements, business rules, database schemas, and on-premise infrastructure.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

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Pages12

Reading Time30 min

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Getting Started

Example Diagram

Import Amazon Web Services Patterns

Create an Amazon Web Services Diagram

Traces to Project Artifacts

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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT User Guide Series Amazon Web Services (AWS) Author: Sparx Systems Date: 10/11/2023 Version: 16.1 CREATED WITH Table of Contents Amazon Web Services (AWS) 3 Getting Started 4 Example Diagram 6 Import Amazon Web Services Patterns7 Create an Amazon Web Services Diagram 8 Traces to Project Artifacts 10 More Information 11 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Creates Amazon Web Services Diagrams that Specify and Document AWS Virtual Infrastructure Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the market leaders of services to define IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) in Cloud environments. The services can be used in isolation, but more typically are used in combination to create scalable Cloud applications and services, reducing any of the delays and issues associated with infrastructure provisioning and device management such as Compute, Storage and Network devices. Enterprise Architect provides modeling constructs that allow you to create expressive AWS diagrams that specify new Cloud infrastructure and platforms or document existing ones. You can also model other Cloud Infrastructure and platform providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft's Azure. AWS Diagram of a Connected Vehicle Solution While AWS has tools for doing this, the power of Enterprise Architect is that you can create visualizations that show the relationship to on-premise platforms, and the elements and services can be related to other system life-cycle artifacts such as Strategy, Business Rules, Requirements, Constraints, XML and Database Schemas, just to mention a few. (c) Sparx Systems 2023 Page 3 of 12 Created with Enterprise Architect Getting Started Creating AWS platform diagrams is straight forward-all the AWS service constructs are available from the Toolbox or from the Browser in the AWS Packages. This allows you to create expressive diagrams containing element items such as EC2 compute and RDS databases, as well as container items such as VPCs and Subnets. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architecture provides all of the graphics (icons and images) required to build AWS architecture diagrams. The icons and images are provided by a Model Wizard framework pattern, which must be imported into your model before you can start creating AWS architecture diagrams. The Amazon AWS Web Images pattern contains over 350 Image Assets that can be dragged-and-dropped onto diagrams. Working with AWS diagrams is straight forward; this topic will guide you through setting up AWS modeling in Enterprise Architect, creating diagrams and tracing to other project Artifacts. Selecting the Perspective Enterprise Architect partitions the tool's extensive features into Perspectives; this ensures that you can focus on a specific task and work with the tools you need without the distraction of other features. To work with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) features you first need to select the AWS Architecture Perspective: > > Analysis > AWS Architecture Setting the Perspective ensures that the Amazon Web Services diagrams, their tool boxes and other features of the Perspective are available by default. Example Diagram An example diagram provides a visual introduction to the topic and allows you to see some of the important elements and connectors that are created in specifying or describing the way a Cloud Architecture is defined including: Availability Zones, VPC's, Subnets, EC2, RDS and more. (c) Sparx Systems 2023 Page 4 of 12 Created with Enterprise Architect Import Amazon Web Services Patterns Before you can start creating AWS diagrams to specify or document your Cloud services you must first import the graphics from a pattern. This will inject all the AWS icons as components into the selected location in the Browser window. Create an Amazon Web Services Diagram Once the AWS images have been imported creating AWS diagrams is straight forward as all the ic

FAQs

How do you set up AWS modeling in Enterprise Architect?

Select the AWS Architecture Perspective via the tool’s perspectives, then the required AWS diagram features and toolboxes become available by default.

What is required before creating AWS architecture diagrams?

Import the AWS Web Images pattern using the Model Wizard, which injects the AWS icons and images into the selected location in the Browser.

Can AWS diagram elements be linked to other project artifacts?

Yes. Enterprise Architect allows tracing AWS diagram elements to requirements, business rules, database schemas, and on-premise infrastructure, among other artifacts.

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