Amazon CloudSearch | Security

Question 1

How do I know which instance type I should choose for my initial setup?

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Answer 1

For datasets of less than 1 GB of data or fewer than one million 1 KB documents, start with the default settings of a single small search instance. For larger data sets consider pre-warming the domain by setting the desired instance type. For data sets up to 8 GB, start with a large search instance. For datasets between 8 GB and 16 GB, start with an extra large search instance. For datasets between 16 GB and 32 GB, start with a double extra large search instance. Contact us if you need more upload capacity or have more than 500 GB to index.

Question 2

What additional security features are available with the new version of Amazon CloudSearch?

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Answer 2

With the latest release, Amazon CloudSearch now provides IAM integration for the configuration service and all search domain services. You can control access to specific Amazon CloudSearch actions and require request authentication for all requests. Requests are authenticated using Signature Version 4 signing.

Question 3

How do I upload my data to Amazon CloudSearch securely?

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Answer 3

You send us your data using a secure and encrypted SSL connection by using HTTPS instead of HTTP when you connect to Amazon CloudSearch.

Question 4

My data is already encrypted. Can I just send you the encrypted data and the encryption key?

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Answer 4

We do not support user-generated encryption keys. You will need to decrypt the data and upload it using HTTPS.

Question 5

Do you support encrypted search results?

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Answer 5

Yes. We support HTTPS for all Amazon CloudSearch requests.