Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This section explains how to create and test a AWS datasource in DataDios.

Steps to Create and Test AWS Datasource

Navigate to the DataSources tab in DataDios and click on Create DS.
From the datasource type list, select AWS_service.
Fill in the Connection Details in the credentials form:
- Name: Desired name of the datasource. (Mandatory)
- aws_access_key_id: AWS access keys id. (Mandatory)
- aws_secret_access_key: AWS secret access key. (Mandatory)
- region_name: Region of the aws resources (ex: us-west-2). (Mandatory)
- Schedule Sync: Required for metadata timeline synchronization. More details are available in the Metadata Sync documentation.
- Secret Name: Optional, if your database password is stored in a key store such as AWS secret manager or Azure key vault.
After entering the details, click on Test Connection to validate.
If the test is successful, click Create to save the datasource.
- you will be redirected to the Datasource Listing Page, where your AWS datasource will appear.
Explore the datasource items hierarchically.
- This will list all resources in AWS, including EC2, S3 BUCKETS, RDS etc.
- Note that the resources will be listed region wise.
- Along with resources, it will also list the cost details of the resources of current billing cycle under Cost Center.

Click on any item listed in the datasource and then click the three stacked lines icon.
This will open a pop-up window showing the metadata for the selected datasource item.

You can turn on/off any AWS service using DataDios. Please ensure that you cling on Refresh Row Data icon to get the latest status of the service before performing this operation.
Click on the Power icon next to the three stacked lines button of the service name. Note that this will only work for services that support start/stop functionality, such as EC2 instances.
This will turn on/off the selected AWS service.