plugin_name

Key Name Default Value Required

plugin_name

None

No

Description

A string indicating the credentials provider plugin class that you want to use for authentication. The following values are supported:

  • adfs: Use Active Directory Federation Services for authentication.
  • AzureAD: Use Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) Service for authentication.
  • BrowserAzureAD: Use a browser plugin for the Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) Service for authentication.
  • BrowserAzureADOAuth2: Use a browser plugin for the Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) OAuth2 Service for authentication.
  • BrowserSAML: Use a browser plugin for SAML services such as Okta or Ping for authentication.
  • jwt: Use a JSON Web Token (JWT) for authentication.
  • ping: Use the PingFederate service for authentication.
  • okta: Use the Okta service for authentication.

On Windows, you can use other SAML-based credential provider plugins by setting this property to the full path to the plugin application. For more information, see Using an External Credentials Service on page 1.

Note:

This property is applicable only when you configure a connection using a connection string.

When you configure a connection using the Simba Amazon Redshift ODBC Connector DSN Setup dialog box, the Auth Type option is used instead. For more information, see Auth Type.

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