Using PingFederate Service

You can configure the connector to authenticate your connection through IAM authentication using the credentials stored in the PingFederate service.

To configure IAM authentication using PingFederate service:

  1. Set the UID property to the user name associated with your Ping account.
  2. Set the PWD property to the password associated with your Ping user name.
  3. Set the plugin_name property to Ping.
  4. Set the IdP_Host property to the address of the service host.
  5. Set the IdP_Port property to the port number that the service listens at.
  6. Set the Preferred_Role property to the name or ID for the IAM Role that you want the user to assume when logged in to Athena.
  7. To skip verification of the SSL certificate of the IDP server, set the SSL_Insecure property to 1.
  8. Optionally, set the partner_spid property to a partner SPID (service provider ID) value.