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Specify what authentication providers the AWS plugins allow. For a list of allowed providers, refer to the data-source configuration page for a given plugin. If you configure a plugin by provisioning, only providers that are specified in `allowed_auth_providers` are allowed.
Options: `default` (AWS SDK default), `keys` (Access and secret key), `credentials` (Credentials file), `ec2_IAM_role` (EC2 IAM role)
Options: `default` (AWS SDK default), `keys` (Access and secret key), `credentials` (Credentials file), `ec2_iam_role` (EC2 IAM role)
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Please see the AWS documentation for [Service Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html) and [CloudWatch limits](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_limits.html) for more information.
## Configure the data source with grafana.ini
In the [Grafana configuration](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/configuration/#aws) there's an `AWS` section that allows you to customize the data source.
### allowed_auth_providers
Specify which authentication providers are allowed for the CloudWatch data source. The following providers are enabled by default in OSS Grafana: `default` (AWS SDK default), keys (Access and secret key), credentials (Credentials file), ec2_IAM_role (EC2 IAM role).
### assume_role_enabled
Allows you to disable `assume role (ARN)` in the CloudWatch data source. By default, assume role (ARN) is enabled for OSS Grafana.
## Configure the data source with provisioning
It's now possible to configure data sources using config files with Grafana's provisioning system. You can read more about how it works and all the settings you can set for data sources on the [provisioning docs page]({{< relref "../administration/provisioning/#datasources" >}})