Prerequisites for Amazon Q Apps

Before using Amazon Q Apps, make sure that you do the following:

• Finish Amazon Q Business setup – Complete setting up Amazon Q Business and configuring an Amazon Q Business application environment. Configuring the application environment is necessary so that you can allow users to manage their own Amazon Q Apps. Also, include a retriever and, optionally, a data source connector.

• Set up identity provider – For web experience users to create and run their own Amazon Q Apps within a broader Amazon Q Business application environment, they must be granted access through AWS IAM Identity Center. These users interact with Amazon Q Apps through the deployed web experience. IAM Identity Center is the only acceptable SAML 2.0-compliant identity provider (IdP) for users who want to create and run their own Amazon Q Apps. For setup instructions, see Setting up Amazon Q Business with IAM Identity Center as identity provider.

• Create IAM role – Configure an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) access role (permissions policy) for the deployed web experience for your broader application environment, including permissions for Amazon Q Apps. You can choose to have the Amazon Q Business console create the required IAM role for you as part of the configuration steps. If you want to view the required IAM access role with set permissions, see IAM role for a web experience, including Amazon Q Apps.

Also, please note that there are set maximum quotas, formerly known as limits, on Amazon Q Apps. For information about these quotas, see Quotas.