Obtaining connection values for Amazon DynamoDB

About this task

This topic provides instructions to obtain the connection values (Secret access key and Access key ID) for Amazon DynamoDB and to connect to App Connect.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your AWS account.
    You can choose between Root user or IAM user based on your role.
    • Root user: Account owner that performs tasks requiring unrestricted access.
    • IAM user: User within an account that performs daily tasks.
    AWS recommends using identity-based managed policies to attach permission sets and roles to an identity, and grant only the permissions the user needs. These policies control what actions that identity can perform, on which resources, and under what conditions. While setting the permissions for an identity in IAM, you can decide whether to use an AWS-managed policy, a customer-managed policy, or an inline policy.

    An AWS-managed policy is a standalone policy that is created and administered by AWS. The following are some examples of AWS-managed policies that are specific to Amazon DynamoDB:

    • AmazonDynamoDBFullAccess policy provides full access to Amazon DynamoDB service and all connector operations are accessible.
    • AmazonDynamoDBReadOnlyAccess policy gives limited read-only access and few connector operations are accessible.

    For more information about AWS-managed policies that are specific to Amazon DynamoDB, see the AWS managed policies list on the AWS documentation page.

  2. On the navigation menu, click Users.
  3. Select your applicable user name or account name.
  4. Click the Security credentials tab, and then click Create access key.
  5. To view the new access key, click Show.
    You can retrieve the secret access key only when you create the key pair for the first time.

    To connect to a Amazon DynamoDB endpoint from the App Connect Designer Catalog page for the first time, expand Amazon DynamoDB, then click Connect.

    For more information, see Managing accounts.