Add an AWS connection to an Edge site

After you created and installed an Edge site, you can create a connection to Amazon Web Services.

Before you begin

You have created and installed an Edge site.

Required permissions

• You have a global role that has the System administration global permission.
• You have a global role with the Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example Edge integration engineer.

Steps

1. Open an Edge site.
   1. On the main menu, click , and then click Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
   2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Edge sites overview appears.
   3. In the Edge site overview, click the name of an Edge site with the status Healthy.
      The Edge site page appears.
2. In the Connections section, click Create connection.
   The Create connection page appears.
3. Enter the required information.

   Field	Description	Required
   Connection settings	This section contains the general settings of your connection.
   Name	The name of the Edge AWS connection.	Yes
   Description	The description of the connection.	No
   Connection provider	The connection provider, which determines the available connection parameters. Select the AWS connection to connect to Amazon S3.	Yes
   Connection parameters	This section contains the settings to connect to your data source.
   Access Key ID	The access key ID of the programmatic AWS user.	Yes
   Secret Access Key	The secret access key of the programmatic AWS user.	Yes
   Encryption options	Select the type of encryption used to store the Secret Access Key. Default: To be encrypted by Edge management server.	Yes
   Additional parameters	Your connection to AWS does not require any additional parameters. Delete the existing blank property.	No

4. Click Create.
   The connection is added to the Edge site.
   The fields become read-only.

What's next?

You can now add the S3 synchronization capability.