ashb commented on a change in pull request #4514: [AIRFLOW-3698] Add
documentation for AWS Connection
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/4514#discussion_r249511801
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File path: docs/howto/manage-connections.rst
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@@ -151,6 +151,52 @@ Scopes (comma separated)
issue `AIRFLOW-2522
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRFLOW-2522>`_.
+Amazon Web Services
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The Amazon Web Services connection type enables the :ref:`AWS Integrations
+<AWS>`.
+
+Authenticating to AWS
+'''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Authentication may be performed using any of the `boto3 options
<https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/configuration.html#configuring-credentials>`_.
Alternatively, one can pass credentials in as a Connection initialisation
parameter.
Review comment:
Could you add this paragraph:
> To use IAM instance profile create an "empty" connection (that is one with
no Login or Password) specified.
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