Add ETL Agent credentials to AWS Secrets Manager

Overview

This page is a guide to adding your ETL agent credentials to AWS Secrets Manager.

Locate your ETL agent credentials

1. Log in to Matillion Hub.
2. Click Platform Navigation and choose Matillion Start.
3. Choose Manage ETL Agents.
4. Select an ETL agent. If you haven't created one yet, read Create an ETL agent.
5. In Agent details, scroll down to Credentials.
6. Click Reveal credentials.

Add your credentials to AWS Secrets Manager

1. Log in to the AWS Console.
2. Once logged in, type "Secrets Manager" in the search bar and click Secrets Manager.
3. Click Store a new secret.
4. Choose the tile labelled Other type of secret.
5. Add two key:value pairs:

6. Click Next.
7. Name the secret and provide a secret description. Click Next.
8. Click Next again unless you wish to configure rotation settings.
9. Review the secret and click Store. You'll return to Secrets. Refresh the page.

Retrieve the ARN of your new secret

1. While in the Secrets dashboard of AWS Secrets Manager, click the name of your new secret.
2. In the Secret details container, copy the Secret ARN and save this value for later to reference it in the task definition.

You may need provide permissions to the new secret by adding access to your new ARN to the IAM ECS task execution role that is referenced by the Task definition. For more information see ECS task role heading under AWS IAM roles.