Rotating Data Ingestion Credentials

For optimal security, it’s a good practice to rotate the access keys for the AWS IAM user account that you created for data ingestion with resources such as the Amazon S3 bucket that have access to the account. When performing a key rotation for this user, you as the administrator must coordinate the rotation with the data ingestion configuration of SmartConnectors so that they do not lose access to the associated Amazon S3 bucket. This procedure also involves reconfiguring SmartConnectors, quite like the initial configuration.

To rotate the access key, use the rotating access keys procedure in the AWS documentation. Reconfigure all connectors to use the new access key to update all applications and tools to use the new access key as follows:

  1. Start the SmartConnectors installation wizard.

  2. For Type, select Amazon S3 as the destination.

  3. Enter the user account that you used earlier to configure SmartConnectors.

  4. Enter the your AWS access key.

  5. Enter the your AWS secret key.

  6. Complete the installation.

For optimal security, create a schedule for rotating credentials that best fits your organization and implement the schedule accordingly. After each rotation, ensure that you reconfigure SmartConnectors with updated access and secret key pairs.