Amazon S3

Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect Amazon S3 to your CData Connect Cloud account:

Open the Connections page of the CData Connect Cloud dashboard.
Click + Add Connection in the upper-right corner.
Type Amazon S3 into the search field, then click the data source name.
On the Basic Settings tab of the new connection, enter a connection name or keep the default name.
Enter the Name of the bucket containing the CSV, Parquet, or Avro files you are connecting to.
Select the Authentication method, then proceed to the relevant section and follow those instructions.

Enter the ADFS User Id.
Add the Password for that account.
Specify the SSO Login URL used by the SSO provider.
Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.
Select the File Format to use.
In Amazon S3, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.
At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon S3 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.

Enter the AWS Access Key associated with the AWS root account. You can find this on your AWS security credentials page.
Enter the AWS Secret Key associated with the AWS root account. You can find this on your AWS security credentials page.
Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.
Select the File Format to use.
In Amazon S3, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.
At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon S3 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.

Enter the AWS Access Key associated with the AWS root account. You can find this on your AWS security credentials page.
Enter the AWS Secret Key associated with the AWS root account. You can find this on your AWS security credentials page.
Enter the AWS Role ARN for the authenticating User Id.
(Optional) Enter the AWS External Id only if emulating a different role.
Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.
Select the File Format to use.
In Amazon S3, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.
At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon S3 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.

In User enter the Amazon S3 username for authentication.
In Password enter the user password.
Enter the SSO Login URL.
Enter all relevant SSO Properties, with the format ‘ssoproperty1=value1;sooproperty2=value2;sooproperty3=value3;’. Make sure to separate all property-value pairs with semicolons.
Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.
Select the File Format to use.
In Amazon S3, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.
At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon S3 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.

In User enter the Amazon S3 username for authentication.
In Password enter the user password.
Enter the SSO Login URL.
Enter the SSO Properties, with the format ‘ssoproperty1=value1;sooproperty2=value2;sooproperty3=value3;’. Make sure to separate all property-value pairs with semicolons.
Add the SSO Exchange URL.
Select the AWS Region that hosts your AWS account.
Select the File Format to use.
In Amazon S3, add the CData Connect Cloud static IP addresses to your connection whitelist.
At the top of the CData Connect Cloud Add Amazon S3 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.

For more information about interactions between CData Connect Cloud and Amazon S3, see this information page.