Accessing data sources - Amazon QuickSight
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Accessing data sources

   Applies to: Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 
   Intended audience: System administrators and Amazon QuickSight administrators 

Use this section to help you configure access to resources in other Amazon services.

We recommend that you use SSL to secure Amazon QuickSight connections to your data sources. To use SSL, you must have a certificate signed by a recognized certificate authority (CA). Amazon QuickSight doesn't accept certificates that are self-signed or issued from a nonpublic CA. For more information, see QuickSight SSL and CA certificates.