# IAM credentials
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You can use your IAM credentials with the JDBC driver to connect to Amazon Athena by setting the following connection parameters.

## User
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Your Amazon access key ID. For information about access keys, see [Amazon security credentials](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/security-creds.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.


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| Parameter name | Alias | Parameter type | Default value | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| User | AccessKeyId | Required | none | 

## Password
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Your Amazon secret key ID. For information about access keys, see [Amazon security credentials](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/security-creds.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.


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| Parameter name | Alias | Parameter type | Default value | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| Password | SecretAccessKey | Optional | none | 

## Session token
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If you use temporary Amazon credentials, you must specify a session token. For information about temporary credentials, see [Temporary security credentials in IAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.


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| Parameter name | Alias | Parameter type | Default value | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| SessionToken | none | Optional | none |