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AWS athena documentation change

Service: athena · 2025-03-02 · Documentation low

File: athena/latest/ug/connectors-bigquery.md

Summary

Added documentation about using Glue connections for Google BigQuery connector configuration, including Glue connection properties and Lambda environment properties

Security assessment

The changes focus on improving connector configuration documentation but do not mention any specific security vulnerabilities or introduce security features

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@@ -36,0 +37,19 @@ Use the parameters in this section to configure the Google BigQuery connector.
+Glue connections (recommended)
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+We recommended that you configure a Google BigQuery connector by using a Glue connections object. To do this, set the `glue_connection` environment variable of the Google BigQuery connector Lambda to the name of the Glue connection to use.
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+**Glue connections properties**
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+Use the following command to get the schema for a Glue connection object. This schema contains all the parameters that you can use to control your connection.
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+    aws glue describe-connection-type --connection-type BIGQUERY
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+**Lambda environment properties**
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+glue_connection – Specifies the name of the Glue connection associated with the federated connector. 
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+Legacy connections
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@@ -41 +60,3 @@ Athena data source connectors created on December 3, 2024 and later use AWS Glue
-The parameter names and definitions listed below are for Athena data source connectors created prior to December 3, 2024. These can differ from their corresponding [AWS Glue connection properties](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/connection-properties.html). Starting December 3, 2024, use the parameters below only when you [manually deploy](./connect-data-source-serverless-app-repo.html) an earlier version of an Athena data source connector.
+The parameter names and definitions listed below are for Athena data source connectors created without an associated Glue connection. Use the following parameters only when you [manually deploy](./connect-data-source-serverless-app-repo.html) an earlier version of an Athena data source connector or when the `glue_connection` environment property is not specified.
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+**Lambda environment properties**