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AWS credentials#

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

Prerequisites#

Create an AWS account.

Supported authentication methods#

  • API access key

Refer to AWS's Identity and Access Management documentation for more information about the service.

Using API access key#

To configure this credential, you'll need:

  • The AWS Region: be sure to adjust this if you aren't using the default region
  • The Access Key ID: provided when you generate an access key
  • The Secret Access Key: provided when you generate an access key

Refer to the AWS Managing Access Keys documentation for instructions on generating and updating access keys.

Using a temporary security credential#

You can configure the access key as a temporary security credential by toggling the slider on.

If you select this option, you must add a Session token to the credential.

Refer to the AWS Temporary security credential documentation for more information on working with temporary security credentials.

Virtual Private Cloud usage (custom endpoint)#

If you use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to host n8n, you can establish a connection between your VPC and these apps:

  • Rekognition
  • Lambda
  • SNS
  • SES
  • SQS
  • S3

To use these apps with a custom endpoint, toggle the Custom endpoint slider on and add the relevant custom endpoint(s).

If you don't add a custom endpoint, the n8n credential will use the default endpoint.