Connect to Amazon Keyspaces with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials - Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)

Connect to Amazon Keyspaces with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials

This section shows how to use IAM credentials to commit the data model created or edited with NoSQL Workbench.

  1. To create a new connection using IAM credentials, choose the Connect by using IAM credentials tab.

    1. Before you begin, you must create IAM credentials using one of the following methods.

      • For console access, use your IAM user name and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console from the IAM sign-in page. For information about AWS security credentials, including programmatic access and alternatives to long-term credentials, see AWS security credentials in the IAM User Guide. For details about signing in to your AWS account, see How to sign in to AWS in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

      • For CLI access, you need an access key ID and a secret access key. Use temporary credentials instead of long-term access keys when possible. Temporary credentials include an access key ID, a secret access key, and a security token that indicates when the credentials expire. For more information, see Using temporary credentials with AWS resources in the IAM User Guide.

      • For API access, you need an access key ID and secret access key. Use IAM user access keys instead of AWS account root user access keys. For more information about creating access keys, see Managing access keys for IAM users in the IAM User Guide.

      For more information, see Managing access keys for IAM users.

    After you have obtained the IAM credentials, you can continue to set up the connection.

    • Connection name – The name of the connection.

    • AWS Region – For available Regions, see Service endpoints for Amazon Keyspaces.

    • Access key ID – Enter the access key ID.

    • Secret access key – Enter the secret access key.

    • Port – Amazon Keyspaces uses port 9142.

    • AWS public certificate – Point to the AWS certificate that was downloaded in the first step.

    • Persist connection – Select this check box if you want to save the AWS connection secrets locally.

  2. Choose Commit to update Amazon Keyspaces with the data model.

Console screenshot that shows a connection to Amazon Keyspaces using IAM credentials.