On the Connection tab, you can configure SPP to authenticate to a managed system using an access key.

Table 17: Access Key authentication type properties
Property Description
Service Account

Enter an account for SPP to use for management tasks. For more information, see About service accounts.

Access Key ID

Enter the unique identifier that is associated with the secret key. The access key ID and secret key are used together to sign programmatic AWS requests cryptographically.

Limit: 32 alphanumeric characters

Secret Key

Enter a secret access key used to cryptographically sign programmatic Amazon Web Services (AWS) requests.

Limit: 40 alphanumeric characters; the + and the / characters are also allowed.

Test Connection

Click this button to verify that SPP can log in to this asset using the service account credentials you have provided. For more information, see About Test Connection.

Port

Enter the port number to log in to the asset.

Connection Timeout

Enter the connection timeout period.

Default: 20 seconds