Managing kdb environments

The following sections provide a detailed overview of the operations that you can perform by using a Managed kdb Insights environment.

Creating a kdb environment

Note

You can only create one kdb environment per Region per AWS account.

To create a kdb environment

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon FinSpace console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/finspace.

2. Choose Kdb environments.

3. On the getting started page, choose Create kdb environment.

4. On Create kdb environment page, enter the environment name and description.

5. Choose a symmetric encryption KMS key to encrypt data in your kdb environment. If a KMS key is not available in the Region where you want to create your FinSpace environment, create a new key.

   For more information, see Creating keys in the AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide.

6. (Optional) Add a new tag to assign it to your kdb environment. For more information, see AWS tags.

   Note

   You can only add up to 50 tags to your environment.

7. Choose Create kdb environment. The environment creation process begins and the environment details page opens. The environment creation process takes few minutes to finish in the background.

   You can view the status of environment creation under the kdb environment configuration section.

   After the environment is successfully created, you can add network configuration, databases, and clusters to the environment.

Updating a kdb environment

To update a kdb environment

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon FinSpace console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/finspace.

2. Choose Kdb environments.

3. From the kdb environments table, choose the name of the environment.

4. On the environment details page, choose Edit.

5. Edit the environment details.

   Note

   You can only edit the Name and Description .

6. Choose Update kdb environment. You can view the updated details on the environment details page.

Viewing kdb environment details

To view and get details of a kdb environment

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon FinSpace console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/finspace.

2. Choose Kdb environments.

3. From the kdb environments table, choose the name of the environment.

   The environment details page opens where you can view details about the environment, add or view network configuration, create new databases, and add clusters.

Deleting a kdb environment

Note

This action is irreversible. Deleting a kdb environment will delete all resources (users, clusters, and databases) and their metadata in the account. After you initiate a deletion request, the billing for resources in an environment will stop immediately.

To delete a kdb environment

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon FinSpace console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/finspace.

2. Choose Kdb environments.

3. From the kdb environments table, choose the name of the environment.

4. On the environment details page, choose Delete.

5. On the confirmation dialog box, enter confirm.

6. Choose Delete.