AWS EC2 connection profile parameters

The following table describes AWS EC2 Virtual Machine connection profile parameters.

Parameter

Description

EC2 Region

Determines the location of the AWS user.

EXAMPLE: us-east-1

Authentication

Determines one of the following methods of AWS authentication:

  • AWS Key: Authenticates using an access key and secret.
  • AWS Role: Authenticates based on an IAM role, which removes the need to provide additional credentials.

EC2 Access Key

(AWS Key) Defines the Access key ID for connection to AWS.

EC2 Secret Key

(AWS Key) Defines the secret access key for connection to AWS.

IAM Role

(AWS Role) Defines the IAM Role for connection to AWS.

Connection Timeout

Determines the number of seconds to wait for the trigger call made by Control-M to AWS EC2 before timing out.

Default: 20 seconds

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