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Tableau Server on Linux Cannot Connect to AWS Athena

Date de publication: Dec 31, 2025
Description

Issue

Unable to connect to Amazon Athena on Linux host OS.

If you download and use the JDBC Driver without SDK you will not be able to connect successfully.
There are multiple errors, but you will most likely encounter:

 

'com.tableausoftware.jdbc.SQLExceptionWithDriverInfo: [Simba][AthenaJDBC](100211) Missing credentials error: Either UID/PWD or AwsCredentialsProviderClass must be provided.'

 

Cause

Currently, it is required to use the JDBC Driver with SDK available on the Amazon AWS Help Documentation. (Link below).

 

Résolution

Download and use the JDBC Driver with SDK.

 

Ressources supplémentaires

Using Athena with the JDBC Driver

 

Numéro d’article de la base de connaissances

001474717

 
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