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To allow Integrate.io ETL access to Amazon Athena

  • Create an IAM user in AWS.
  • Attach the AmazonAthenaFullAccess policy to the user.
  • Create security credentials for the user and save them for later use when defining the connection in Integrate.io ETL.

To define a connection in Integrate.io ETL to Amazon Athena

1
Click the Connections icon (lightning bolt) on the top left menu.
2
To create a connection, click New connection.
New connection button in the Connections menu
3
Choose Amazon Athena and name the connection.
Selecting Amazon Athena from the connection type list
4
Select AWS region.
5
Type in the S3 staging directory to use with Athena in the form s3://bucket/path. Note that the bucket should be in the same region you selected above.
6
Enter the default database to use. If you leave it empty, the user’s default database will be used.
7
Fill out the IAM access key and secret.
8
Click Test connection. If the credentials are correct, a message that the connection test was successful appears.
9
Click Create connection.
Amazon Athena connection form with region, S3 path, and credentials
Amazon Athena connection created successfully
Last modified on April 20, 2026