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Prerequisites for connecting Amazon Q Business to Amazon FSx (Windows)
Before you begin, make sure that you have completed the following prerequisites.
In Amazon FSx (Windows), make sure you have:
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An Amazon FSx (Windows) account with read and mounting permissions.
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Noted your Amazon FSx authentication credentials for an Active Directory user account. This includes your Active Directory username and your Domain Name System (DNS) domain name. For example,
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Copied your Amazon FSx file system ID.
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Used an Amazon VPC (AWS VPC) where your Amazon FSx resides.
In your AWS account, make sure you have:
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Created a Amazon Q Business application.
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Created an IAM role for your data source and, if using the Amazon Q API, noted the ARN of the IAM role.
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Stored your Amazon FSx (Windows) authentication credentials in an AWS Secrets Manager secret and, if using the Amazon Q API, noted the ARN of the secret.
Note
If you’re a console user, you can create the IAM role and Secrets Manager secret as part of configuring your Amazon Q application on the console.
For a list of things to consider while configuring your data source, see Data source connector configuration best practices.
You must also make sure you have configured your Amazon VPC instance with a NAT Gateway. For instructions on how to do this, see Step 1 of Connecting to a database in a VPC.
