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CloudWatch: Update docs for setting auth provider
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Mitsuhiro Tanda 2019-04-24 22:41:13 +09:00 committed by Marcus Efraimsson
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@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ Name | Description
------------ | -------------
*Name* | The data source name. This is how you refer to the data source in panels & queries.
*Default* | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.
*Credentials* profile name | Specify the name of the profile to use (if you use `~/.aws/credentials` file), leave blank for default.
*Default Region* | Used in query editor to set region (can be changed on per query basis)
*Custom Metrics namespace* | Specify the CloudWatch namespace of Custom metrics
*Auth Provider* | Specify the provider to get credentials.
*Credentials* profile name | Specify the name of the profile to use (if you use `~/.aws/credentials` file), leave blank for default.
*Assume Role Arn* | Specify the ARN of the role to assume
## Authentication
@ -85,6 +86,16 @@ Here is a minimal policy example:
}
```
### AWS credentials
If Auth Provider is `Credentials file`, Grafana try to get credentials by following order.
- Environment variables. (`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`)
- Hard-code credentials.
- Shared credentials file.
- IAM role for Amazon EC2.
Checkout AWS docs on [Configuring the AWS SDK for Go](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developer-guide/configuring-sdk.html)
### AWS credentials file
Create a file at `~/.aws/credentials`. That is the `HOME` path for user running grafana-server.