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Connect to Data Sources

Add AWS Account

  1. In the left menu, select Connect Data Source.
  2. Choose the AWS Cloud tab.
  3. Click the button Add New Account. edit-icon
  4. Choose one of the following methods to add an account:

    Method 1: Authorization via CloudFormation (Applicable for the same AWS region, automatically discovers S3, RDS, AWS Glue)

    1. Open the Standalone AWS Account tab
    2. Follow the instructions in Step 1 and Step 2 on this page to install the Agent CloudFormation stack (about 3 mins), which is used for authorizing the account to be scanned. For detailed permission information, please refer to Appendix: Permissions of the Agent CloudFormation Stack
    3. Fill in the AWS account ID to be scanned and select the region where the data source is located.
    4. Click the button Add This Account.

    Method 2: Connect to Databases via JDBC (Applicable for multiple AWS regions, manually add databases, such as Redshift, EC2 self-built databases, multi-cloud databases)

    1. Open the JDBC Only tab.
    2. Select regions
    3. Fill in the AWS account ID
    4. Click the button Add This Account

    Method 3: Batch Add via CloudFormation Authorization (Applicable for the same AWS region, automatically discovers S3, RDS, AWS Glue. Manage accounts in bulk through AWS Organization)

    1. Open the JDBC Only tab
    2. Follow the instructions in Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 on this page to install the Agent CloudFormation stack. For more information, see Appendix: Adding AWS Accounts via Organization.
    3. Fill in the AWS Organization's agent account ID
    4. Click the button Add This Account

Add Other Cloud Accounts

  1. In the left menu, select Connect Data Source.
  2. Choose the tab for the Cloud Provider you need to add (such as Tencent, Google).
  3. Click the button Add New Account.

    Connect to Databases via JDBC (Applicable for multi-cloud or IDC, manually add databases)

    1. Fill in the account ID
    2. Select regions
    3. Click the button Add This Account