How to set up Connected Accounts for Amazon

With Intento MT Hub you can smoothly use your Amazon account. You can find steps on how to connect your Amazon account below.

  1. Go to Intento Console: https://console.inten.to/accounts
  2. Click Connected Accounts tab on the left (you need to have at least an MT Expert subscription level with Intento)
  3. Scroll the list of MT providers down until you see Amazon line. 
  4. Expand the section according to your Amazon key. In the examples below, 
  5. Click CONNECT YOUR OWN ACCOUNT
  6. Come up with credentials name in CredentialId field, it could be used later as a credential alias in API calls so it should be unique for each account you connect.
  7. Specify your Amazon account Access key as access_key parameter (please find the instruction on how to obtain it below); Secret key as secret_key parameter; Service as service parameter; Region as region parameter (“Global Link” on the top right corner of the page in your Amazon account).
  8. Click CHECK AND CONNECT. Wait for status OK.
  9. Select this account as Default

Now, you are all set to use your Amazon account with Intento.

How to obtain the credentials for your Amazon account: 

  1. Login to Amazon Web Services https://signin.aws.amazon.com/

  2. Type “IAM” in the search bar, then click on it:

  3. Select "Users" in the sidebar:

       

  4. Click "Create User":

  5. Set the user name, enable the option "Provide user access to the AWS Management Console", click “I want to create IAM user” and set the password. You can set your custom password or choose the option "Autogenerated password":

  6. Click the "Next" button 

  7. Permissions settings. Choose "Add user to group" and then click the "Create group" button: 

  8. Set the group name and select the TranslateFullAccess permission in the "Permissions policies" list. To find this permission, type "translate" in the search bar and click on the checkbox next to the required permission. Then click the "Create user group" button.

  9. Select "Add user to group," select the created group enabling the checkbox, and click "Next".

  10. Review the details and click "Create User". 

  11. Click the "View user" button on the green field. 

  12. On the "Summary" page, select the "Security credentials" tab.

  13. Click the “Create access key” button.

  14. Select the "Third-party service" and enable "I understand the above recommendation and want to proceed to create an access key" checkbox. 

  15. Set the description tag if necessary and click the "Create access key" button.
  16. You receive two keys, an "Access key" and a "Secret access key" required to set up the Connected Account for Amazon. You can copy both keys from the Amazon console or Download them in the CSV file. 
  17. The "region" parameter can be obtained by copying the first part of the URL of the Amazon account page.