Setting up IAM Identity Provider and roles in AWS - Amazon Timestream
Create a SAML Identity ProviderCreate an IAM roleCreate an IAM policyProvisioning

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Setting up IAM Identity Provider and roles in AWS

Complete each section below to set up IAM for Timestream for LiveAnalytics JDBC single sign-on authentication with Microsoft Azure AD:

Create a SAML Identity Provider

To create a SAML Identity Provider for the Timestream for LiveAnalytics JDBC single sign-on authentication with Microsoft Azure AD, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console

  2. Choose Services and select IAM under Security, Identity, & Compliance

  3. Choose Identity providers under Access management

  4. Choose Create Provider and choose SAML as the provider type. Enter the Provider Name. This example will use AzureADProvider.

  5. Upload the previously downloaded Federation Metadata XML file

  6. Choose Next, then choose Create.

  7. Upon completion, the page will be redirected back to the Identity providers page

Create an IAM role

To create an IAM role for the Timestream for LiveAnalytics JDBC single sign-on authentication with Microsoft Azure AD, complete the following steps:

  1. On the sidebar select Roles under Access management

  2. Choose Create role

  3. Choose SAML 2.0 federation as the trusted entity

  4. Choose the Azure AD provider

  5. Choose Allow programmatic and AWS Management Console access

  6. Choose Next: Permissions

  7. Attach permissions policies or continue to Next:Tags

  8. Add optional tags or continue to Next:Review

  9. Enter a Role name. This example will use AzureSAMLRole

  10. Provide a role description

  11. Choose Create Role to complete

Create an IAM policy

To create an IAM policy for the Timestream for LiveAnalytics JDBC single sign-on authentication with Microsoft Azure AD complete the following steps:

  1. On the sidebar, choose Policies under Access management

  2. Choose Create policy and select the JSON tab

  3. Add the following policy

    {
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
    {
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": [
                 "iam:ListRoles",
                 "iam:ListAccountAliases"
           ],
           "Resource": "*"
      }
]
}

  4. Choose Create policy

  5. Enter a policy name. This example will use TimestreamAccessPolicy.

  6. Choose Create Policy

  7. On the sidebar, choose Roles under Access management.

  8. Choose the previously created Azure AD role and choose Attach policies under Permissions.

  9. Select the previously created access policy.

Provisioning

To provision the identity provider for Timestream for LiveAnalytics JDBC single sign-on authentication with Microsoft Azure AD, complete the following steps:

  1. Go back to Azure Portal

  2. Choose Azure Active Directory in the list of Azure services. This will redirect to the Default Directory page

  3. Choose Enterprise Applications under the Manage section on the sidebar

  4. Choose Provisioning

  5. Choose Automatic mode for the Provisioning Method

  6. Under Admin Credentials, enter your AwsAccessKeyID for clientsecret, and SecretAccessKey for Secret Token

  7. Set the Provisioning Status to On

  8. Choose save. This allows Azure AD to load the necessary IAM Roles

  9. Once the Current cycle status is completed, choose Users and groups on the sidebar

  10. Choose + Add user

  11. Choose the Azure AD user to provide access to Timestream for LiveAnalytics

  12. Choose the IAM Azure AD role and the corresponding Azure Identity Provider created in AWS

  13. Choose Assign