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In addition to the AccessKey and SecretKey properties, specify Database, S3StagingDirectory and Region. Note that theĭuration of the temporary credentials may be controlled via the TemporaryTokenDuration (default 3600 seconds). This will cause the CData Data Provider for Amazon Athena 2018 to submit the MFA credentials in a request to retrieve temporary authentication credentials. When specifying the AccessKey and SecretKey of an AWS root user.įor users and roles that require Multi-factor Authentication, specify the MFASerialNumber and MFAToken connection properties. If you are connecting to AWS (instead of already being connected such as on an EC2 instance), you mustĪdditionally specify the AccessKey and SecretKey of an IAM user to assume the role for. This will cause the CData Data Provider for Amazon Athena 2018 to attempt to retrieve credentials for In many situations it may be preferable to use an IAM role for authentication instead of the direct security credentials of an AWS root user.Īn AWS role may be used instead by specifying the RoleARN. The CData Data Provider for Amazon Athena 2018 will automatically obtain your IAM Role credentials and authenticate with them. To do so, set UseEC2Roles to true and leave AccessKey and SecretKey empty.

If you are using the CData Data Provider for Amazon Athena 2018 from an EC2 Instance and have an IAM Role assigned to the instance, you can use the

Click Continue to Security Credentials and expand the Access Keys section to manage or create root account access keys.

Select your account name or number and select My Security Credentials in the menu that is displayed.

Sign into the AWS Management console with the credentials for your root account.

To obtain the credentials for your AWS root account, follow the steps below:

To create or manage the access keys for a user, select the user and then select the Security Credentials tab.

To obtain the credentials for an IAM user, follow the steps below: Note: Though you can connect as the AWS account administrator, it is recommended to use IAM user credentials to access AWS services. To authorize Amazon Athena requests, provide the credentials for an administrator account or for an IAM user with custom permissions: Set AccessKey to the access key Id.

Select 'Amazon Athena' from the Add Connection panelĮnter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Amazon Athena.

Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection.

Connect looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Metabase and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Amazon Athena, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Amazon Athena data.Ĭonnect to Amazon Athena in Connect CloudĬData Connect Cloud uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources.

METABASE AWS HOW TO

This article describes how to connect to Amazon Athena and build a simple visualization using Amazon Athena data.ĬData Connect provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Amazon Athena, allowing you to easily integrate with live Amazon Athena data in Metabase - without replicating the data. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, users can easily create visualizations and dashboards linked to live Amazon Athena data. Metabase is an open source data visualization tool that allows users to create interactive dashboards.

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