How to Configure Your Amazon Credentials File Elasticsearch Service

The following topics describe how to create an AWS-hosted Elasticsearch Target with Credentials File in Connectivity Hub.

Note: For more information about Targets, see What is a Target?

Add the Target and Configure the Search Schema

Before you can add your target, you must install BA Insight Connectivity Hub.

• You can add multiple targets, one for each BA Insight Connector content source.
• More than one target can point to the same index.

To add the Elasticsearch Integration target, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Connectivity Hub Target page.
   
2. Click the New Target button.
   
3. The Load Target dialogue appears. Select the following target from the drop-down menu:
   
   
   
   
4. Select the Target Info tab. Enter the following information:
   1. Title
      1. Required
      2. Specify a name.
   2. Target Information:
      1. Required
      2. This field is pre-populated: BAInsight.ElasticSearch.ConnectorsExtension.ElasticTargetAwsCredentialsFile,  BAInsight.ElasticSearch.ConnectorsExtension.
         
         

         
         
         

5. Select the Custom Settings tab.
   
   
   

   1. Login:
   2. Password:

   3. Elastic index URL (required): Enter your AWS Elasticsearch service URL

   4. AWS profile name (required)
      1. Enter AWS profile name.
      2. Example: default
   5. AWS Credentials file location (required):
      1. Enter the location of AWS Credential file.
      2. Example: C:\Users\Smith\Desktop\credentials.txt
         

         Example AWS Credentials File

         [{default}] aws_access_key_id = {accessKey} aws_secret_access_key = {secretKey}

   6. AWS Region (required)
      
   7. Click Save.