Overview - Amazon Timestream
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For similar capabilities to Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics, consider Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. It offers simplified data ingestion and single-digit millisecond query response times for real-time analytics. Learn more here.

Overview

This documentation helps you understand how to apply the shared responsibility model when using Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. The following topics show you how to configure Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB to meet your security and compliance objectives. You also learn how to use other Amazon services that help you monitor and secure your Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB resources.

You can manage access to your Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB resources and your databases on a DB instance. The method you use to manage access depends on what type of task the user needs to perform with Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB:

  • Run your DB instance in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) based on the Amazon VPC service for network access control.

  • Use Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies to assign permissions that determine who is allowed to manage Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB resources. For example, you can use IAM to determine who is allowed to create, describe, modify, and delete DB instances, tag resources, or modify security groups.

  • Use security groups to control what IP addresses or Amazon EC2 instances can connect to your databases on a DB instance. When you first create a DB instance, it's only accessible through rules specified by an associated security group.

  • Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections with your DB instances.

  • Use the security features of your InfluxDB engine to control who can log in to the databases on a DB instance. These features work just as if the database was on your local network. For more information, see Security in Timestream for InfluxDB.

Note

You have to configure security only for your use cases. You don't have to configure security access for processes that Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB manages. These include creating backups, replicating data between a primary DB instance and a read replica, and other processes.