Authentication options

You can connect to Amazon Athena using the following authentication types. For all types, the connection string name is AuthenticationType, the parameter type is Required, and the default value is IAM Credentials. For information about the parameters for each authentication type, visit the corresponding link. For common authentication parameters, see Common authentication parameters.

Authentication type	Connection string example
IAM credentials	AuthenticationType=IAM Credentials;
IAM profile	AuthenticationType=IAM Profile;
AD FS	AuthenticationType=ADFS;
Azure AD	AuthenticationType=AzureAD;
Browser Azure AD	AuthenticationType=BrowserAzureAD;
Browser SAML	AuthenticationType=BrowserSAML;
Browser SSO OIDC	AuthenticationType=BrowserSSOOIDC;
Default credentials	AuthenticationType=Default Credentials;
External credentials	AuthenticationType=External Credentials;
Instance profile	AuthenticationType=Instance Profile;
JWT	AuthenticationType=JWT;
Okta	AuthenticationType=Okta;
Ping	AuthenticationType=Ping;