DynamoDB
Specify the following to connect to data:
Domain: Set this if you want to use a domain name you have associated with AWS.
AWSRegion: Set this to the region where your Amazon DynamoDB data is hosted.
1 Authenticating to DynamoDB
1.1 Obtaining the Access Key
To obtain the credentials for an IAM user, follow the steps below:
Sign into the IAM console.
In the navigation pane, select Users.
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 your AWS root account, follow the steps below:
Sign into the AWS Management console with the credentials for your root account.
Select your account name or number and select My Security Credentials in the menu that is displayed.
Click Continue to Security Credentials and expand the Access Keys section to manage or create root account access keys.
1.2 Authenticating with Root Credentials
To authenticate using account root credentials, set the following:
AuthScheme: Set this to AwsRootKeys.
AWSAccessKey: The access key associated with the AWS root account.
AWSSecretKey: The secret key associated with the AWS root account.
Note: Use of this authentication scheme is discouraged by Amazon for anything but simple tests. The account root credentials have the full permissions of the user, making this the least secure authentication method.
1.3 Authenticating with Temporary Credentials
To authenticate using temporary credentials, specify the following:
AuthScheme: Set this to TemporaryCredentials.
AWSAccessKey: The access key of the IAM user to assume the role for.
AWSSecretKey: The secret key of the IAM user to assume the role for.
AWSSessionToken: Your AWS session token. This will have been provided alongside your temporary credentials. See this link for more info.
The provider can now request resources using the same permissions provided by long-term credentials (such as IAM user credentials) for the lifespan of the temporary credentials.
If you are also using an IAM role to authenticate, you must additionally specify the following:
AWSRoleARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. This will cause the provider to attempt to retrieve credentials for the specified role.
AWSExternalId: Only if required when you assume a role in another account.
1.4 Authenticating from an EC2 Instance
If you are using the provider from an EC2 Instance and have an IAM Role assigned to the instance, you can use the IAM Role to authenticate. To do so, set the following properties to authenticate:
AuthScheme: Set this to AwsEC2Roles.
Do not specify AWSAccessKey and AWSSecretKey because the provider will automatically obtain your IAM Role credentials and authenticate with them.
If you are also using an IAM role to authenticate, you must additionally specify the following:
AWSRoleARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. This will cause the provider to attempt to retrieve credentials for the specified role.
AWSExternalId: Only if required when you assume a role in another account.
1.5 Authenticating as an AWS Role
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.
To authenticate as an AWS role, set the following:
AuthScheme: Set this to AwsIAMRoles.
AWSRoleARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. This will cause the provider to attempt to retrieve credentials for the specified role.
AWSExternalId: Only if required when you assume a role in another account.
AWSAccessKey: The access key of the IAM user to assume the role for.
AWSSecretKey: The secret key of the IAM user to assume the role for.
Note: Roles may not be used when specifying the AWSAccessKey and AWSSecretKey of an AWS root user.
1.6 Authenticating with ADFS
Set the AuthScheme to ADFS. The following connection properties need to be set:
User: Set this to the ADFS user.
Password: Set this to ADFS password for the user.
SSOLoginUrl: Set this to the login url used by the SSO provider.
1.7 ADFS Integrated
The ADFS Integrated flow indicates you are connecting with the currently logged in Windows user credentials. To use the ADFS Integrated flow, simply do not specify the User and Password, but otherwise follow the same steps in the ADFS guide above.
1.8 Authenticating with Okta
Set the AuthScheme to Okta. The following connection properties are used to connect to Okta:
User: Set this to the Okta user.
Password: Set this to Okta password for the user.
SSOLoginUrl: Set this to the login url used by the SSO provider.
The following SSOProperties are needed to authenticate to Okta:
APIToken (optional): Set this to the API Token that the customer created from the Okta org. It should be used when authenticating a user via a trusted application or proxy that overrides OKTA client request context.
1.9 Authenticating with PingFederate
Set the AuthScheme to PingFederate. The following connection properties need to be set:
User: Set this to the PingFederate user.
Password: Set this to PingFederate password for the user.
SSOLoginUrl: Set this to the login url used by the SSO provider.
SSOExchangeUrl: The 'Partner Service Identifier' URI configured in your PingFederate server instance under: SP Connections > SP Connection > WS-Trust > Protocol Settings. This should uniquely identify a PingFederate SP Connection, so it is a good idea to set it to your 'AWS SSO ACS URL'. You can find it under AWS SSO > Settings > Click on 'View Details' next to the Authentication field.
The following SSOProperties are needed to authenticate to PingFederate:
AuthScheme (optional): The authorization scheme to be used for the IdP endpoint. The allowed values for this IdP are None or Basic.
Additionally, you can use the following SSOProperties to configure mutual SSL authentication for SSOLoginUrl, the WS-Trust STS endpoint:
SSLClientCert
SSLClientCertType
SSLClientCertSubject
SSLClientCertPassword
1.10 Authenticating with MFA
For users and roles that require Multi-factor Authentication, specify the following to authenticate:
AuthScheme: Set this to AwsMFA.
CredentialsLocation: The location of the settings file where MFA credentials are saved. See the Credentials File Location page under Connection String Options for more information.
MFASerialNumber: The serial number of the MFA device if one is being used.
MFAToken: The temporary token available from your MFA device.
If you are connecting to AWS (instead of already being connected such as on an EC2 instance), you must additionally specify the following:
AWSAccessKey: The access key of the IAM user for whom MFA will be issued.
AWSSecretKey: The secret key of the IAM user whom MFA will be issued.
If you are also using an IAM role to authenticate, you must additionally specify the following:
AWSRoleARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. This will cause the provider to attempt to retrieve credentials for the specified role using MFA.
AWSExternalId: Only if required when you assume a role in another account.
This will cause the provider to submit the MFA credentials in a request to retrieve temporary authentication credentials.
Note that the duration of the temporary credentials may be controlled via the TemporaryTokenDuration property (default 3600 seconds).
1.11 Authenticating with a Credential File
You may use a credentials file to authenticate. Any configurations related to AccessKey/SecretKey authentication, temporary credentials, role authentication, or MFA will be used. To do so, set the following properties to authenticate:
AuthScheme: Set this to AwsCredentialsFile.
AWSCredentialsFile: Set this to the location of your credentials file.
AWSCredentialsFileProfile: Optionally set this to the name of the profile you would like to use from the specified credentials file. If not specified, the profile with the name default will be used.
The following are the connection properties for Amazon DynamoDB. Not all properties are required. Enter only property values pertaining to your installation. Several properties will be automatically initialized with the appRules defaults.
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