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

Steps

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

    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.
    Authentication type

    The type of authentication you use. The possible values are IAM and EC2.

    Use type EC2 AWS if you want to connect to an AWS EC2 instance that is configured with role based authentication. For more details, go to Prepare S3 for Edge.

    		 Yes
    Access Key ID
    		The access key ID of the programmatic AWS user. Yes for IAM authentication type.
    Secret Access Key
    		The secret access key of the programmatic AWS user. Yes for IAM authentication type.
    Encryption options

    Select the type of encryption used to store the Secret Access Key.

    Default: To be encrypted by Edge management server.

    		 Yes for IAM authentication type.

    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.