AWS athena high security documentation change

Service: athena · 2025-08-16 · Security-related high

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

Summary

Added Glue connections configuration documentation with AWS Secrets Manager requirement, casing_mode parameter, and updated handler/schema version notes.

Security assessment

The documentation now requires credentials to be stored in AWS Secrets Manager, directly addressing secure credential management. This change prevents credentials from being stored in plaintext or less secure locations, which is a concrete security improvement. The explicit mention of Secrets Manager usage constitutes security-related documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/connectors-teradata.md b/athena/latest/ug/connectors-teradata.md
index 6160b606d..8cd17ec35 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/connectors-teradata.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/connectors-teradata.md
@@ -60 +60,36 @@ Use the parameters in this section to configure the Teradata connector.
-### Connection string
+We recommend that you configure a Teradata connector by using a Glue connections object. To do this, set the `glue_connection` environment variable of the Teradata connector Lambda to the name of the Glue connection to use.
+
+**Glue connections properties**
+
+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.
+    
+    
+    aws glue describe-connection-type --connection-type TERADATA
+
+**Lambda environment properties**
+
+  * glue_connection – Specifies the name of the Glue connection associated with the federated connector.
+
+  * **casing_mode** – (Optional) Specifies how to handle casing for schema and table names. The `casing_mode` parameter uses the following values to specify the behavior of casing:
+
+    * **none** – Do not change case of the given schema and table names. This is the default for connectors that have an associated glue connection. 
+
+    * **upper** – Upper case all given schema and table names.
+
+    * **lower** – Lower case all given schema and table names.
+
+
+
+
+###### Note
+
+  * All connectors that use Glue connections must use AWS Secrets Manager to store credentials.
+
+  * The Teradata connector created using Glue connections does not support the use of a multiplexing handler.
+
+  * The Teradata connector created using Glue connections only supports `ConnectionSchemaVersion` 2.
+
+
+
+
+#### Connection string
@@ -67 +102 @@ Use a JDBC connection string in the following format to connect to a database in
-### Using a multiplexing handler
+#### Using a multiplexing handler
@@ -77 +112 @@ Record handler | `TeradataMuxRecordHandler`
-#### Multiplexing handler parameters
+##### Multiplexing handler parameters
@@ -92 +127 @@ Property | Value
-#### Providing credentials
+##### Providing credentials
@@ -127 +162 @@ Currently, Teradata recognizes the `user` and `password` JDBC properties. It als
-### Using a single connection handler
+#### Using a single connection handler
@@ -137 +172 @@ Record handler | `TeradataRecordHandler`
-#### Single connection handler parameters
+##### Single connection handler parameters
@@ -151 +186 @@ Property | Value
-### Spill parameters
+#### Spill parameters