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Amazon DynamoDB

Prerequisites

Whitelist CData IPs

To establish a connection to Amazon DynamoDB, you need to allow access to Amazon DynamoDB via CData’s IP. When hosting Amazon DynamoDB behind a firewall, you must safelist these IP addresses in your firewall.

  • Range: 52.224.0.160 to 52.224.0.175

  • CIDR notation: 52.224.0.160/28

Ensure Amazon DynamoDB is Publicly Accessible

Provide a public facing IP/domain to connect to this data source. The following private IP ranges do not work:

  • 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255

  • 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255

  • 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255

  • 127.0.0.1 (aka ‘localhost’)

Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect Amazon DynamoDB to your CData Connect Cloud account:

  1. Open the Connections page of the CData Connect Cloud dashboard.

  2. Click + Add Connection in the upper-right corner.

  3. Type Amazon DynamoDB into the search field, then click the data source name.

  4. On the Basic Settings tab of the new connection, enter a connection name or keep the default name.

  5. Select the Authentication method, then proceed to the relevant section and follow those instructions.

Authentication Methods

ADFS

  1. Enter the ADFS User Id.

  2. Add the Password for that account.

  3. Enter the SSO Login URL to the URL use by the SSO provider.

  4. Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.

  5. In Amazon DynamoDB, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.

  6. At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon DynamoDB Connection page, click Save & Test.

    • If the connection test succeeds, a message indicates that your connection has been created. The Status on the Edit Connection page also changes to Authenticated.

    • If the connection test fails, ensure that you entered your login information correctly with no stray spaces or other characters. CData Connect Cloud displays error messages under the required fields with missing data. Some data sources require that you sign in directly to the source website. If you did not, an error message appears under the Sign in button. Correct the errors and try again.

AWSRootKeys

  1. Enter the AWS Access Key associated with the AWS root account.

  2. Enter the AWS Secret Key associated with the AWS root account.

  3. Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.

  4. In Amazon DynamoDB, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.

  5. At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon DynamoDB Connection page, click Save & Test.

    • If the connection test succeeds, a message indicates that your connection has been created. The Status on the Edit Connection page also changes to Authenticated.

    • If the connection test fails, ensure that you entered your login information correctly with no stray spaces or other characters. CData Connect Cloud displays error messages under the required fields with missing data. Some data sources require that you sign in directly to the source website. If you did not, an error message appears under the Sign in button. Correct the errors and try again.

AWSIAMRoles

  1. Enter the AWS Access Key associated with the AWS root account.

  2. Enter the AWS Secret Key associated with the AWS root account.

  3. Enter the AWS Role ARN for the authenticating User Id.

  4. (Optional) Enter the AWS External Id only if emulating a different role.

  5. Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.

  6. In Amazon DynamoDB, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.

  7. At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon DynamoDB Connection page, click Save & Test.

    • If the connection test succeeds, a message indicates that your connection has been created. The Status on the Edit Connection page also changes to Authenticated.

    • If the connection test fails, ensure that you entered your login information correctly with no stray spaces or other characters. CData Connect Cloud displays error messages under the required fields with missing data. Some data sources require that you sign in directly to the source website. If you did not, an error message appears under the Sign in button. Correct the errors and try again.

Okta

  1. In User enter the Amazon DynamoDB username for authentication.

  2. In Password enter the user password.

  3. Enter the SSO Login URL.

  4. Enter all relevant SSO Properties, with the format ‘ssoproperty1=value1;sooproperty2=value2;sooproperty3=value3;’. Make sure to separate all property-value pairs with semicolons.

  5. Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.

  6. In Amazon DynamoDB, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.

  7. At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon DynamoDB Connection page, click Save & Test.

    • If the connection test succeeds, a message indicates that your connection has been created. The Status on the Edit Connection page also changes to Authenticated.

    • If the connection test fails, ensure that you entered your login information correctly with no stray spaces or other characters. CData Connect Cloud displays error messages under the required fields with missing data. Some data sources require that you sign in directly to the source website. If you did not, an error message appears under the Sign in button. Correct the errors and try again.

PingFederate

  1. In User enter the Amazon DynamoDB username for authentication.

  2. In Password enter the user password.

  3. Enter the SSO Login URL.

  4. Enter the SSO Properties, with the format ‘ssoproperty1=value1;sooproperty2=value2;sooproperty3=value3;’. Make sure to separate all property-value pairs with semicolons.

  5. Add the SSO Exchange URL.

  6. (Optional) Enter the AWS Role ARN only if you have multiple Identity Providers in your AWS account.

  7. Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.

  8. In Amazon DynamoDB, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.

  9. At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon DynamoDB Connection page, click Save & Test.

    • If the connection test succeeds, a message indicates that your connection has been created. The Status on the Edit Connection page also changes to Authenticated.

    • If the connection test fails, ensure that you entered your login information correctly with no stray spaces or other characters. CData Connect Cloud displays error messages under the required fields with missing data. Some data sources require that you sign in directly to the source website. If you did not, an error message appears under the Sign in button. Correct the errors and try again.

More Information

For more information about interactions between CData Connect Cloud and Amazon DynamoDB, see this information page.