OpenMetadata/openmetadata-docs/content/metadata-ui/connectors/database/athena/index.md

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Connection Options

• AWS Access Key ID: Enter your secure access key ID for your Athena connection. The specified key ID should be authorized to read all databases you want to include in the metadata ingestion workflow.
• AWS Secret Access Key: Enter the Secret Access Key (the passcode key pair to the key ID from above).
• AWS Region: Enter the location of the amazon cluster that your data and account are associated with.
• AWS Session Token (optional): The AWS session token is an optional parameter. If you want, enter the details of your temporary session token.
• Endpoint URL (optional): Your Athena connector will automatically determine the AWS Athena endpoint URL based on the region. You may override this behavior by entering a value to the endpoint URL.
• Database (optional): The database of the data source is an optional parameter if you would like to restrict the metadata reading to a single database. If left blank, OpenMetadata ingestion attempts to scan all the databases.
• S3 Staging Directory (optional): The S3 staging directory is an optional parameter. Enter a staging dirrectory to override the default staging directory for AWS Athena.
• Athena Workgroup (optional): The Athena workgroup is an optional parameter. If you wish to have your Athena connection related to an existing AWS workgroup add your workgroup name here.
• Connection Options (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection options that can be sent to Athena during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.
• Connection Arguments (Optional): Enter the details for any additional connection arguments such as security or protocol configs that can be sent to Athena during the connection. These details must be added as Key-Value pairs.
  • In case you are using Single-Sign-On (SSO) for authentication, add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "sso_login_url"
  • In case you authenticate with SSO using an external browser popup, then add the authenticator details in the Connection Arguments as a Key-Value pair as follows: "authenticator" : "externalbrowser"