Enable Amazon Bedrock
Important: You MUST enable Amazon Bedrock Claude model access before deployment. Without this, the bot will display an error message guiding you to enable model access.
🤖 Why Bedrock is Required
Ohlala SmartOps uses Amazon Bedrock with Claude Sonnet 4 to provide:
- Natural language understanding of your commands
- Intelligent analysis of infrastructure issues
- Smart recommendations for optimization
- Context-aware responses based on your environment
📋 Step-by-Step Setup
1. Open Amazon Bedrock Console
Navigate to the Amazon Bedrock console in your deployment region:
Open Amazon Bedrock Console ↗️
Important: Open Bedrock in the same region where you plan to deploy Ohlala SmartOps.
2. Navigate to Model Access
In the left sidebar, click on “Model access”
3. Enable Claude Sonnet 4
- Click “Modify model access”
- Find and enable:
- ✅ Claude Sonnet 4 (anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0)
- Click “Submit” to request access
4. Wait for Approval
- Standard models are usually approved immediately
- Wait for status to show “Access granted”
- Refresh the page if needed
🌍 Regional Considerations
How Regional Access Works
Ohlala SmartOps automatically handles regional model access:
- Detects your deployment region
- Uses the optimal inference profile for your location
- No additional configuration needed
- Same performance across all regions
Primary Regions (Native Support)
Best performance in these regions:
- US East (N. Virginia) - us-east-1
- US West (Oregon) - us-west-2
- Europe (Frankfurt) - eu-central-1
- Europe (Ireland) - eu-west-1
- Asia Pacific (Tokyo) - ap-northeast-1
- Asia Pacific (Sydney) - ap-southeast-2
All Other Regions
Supported via cross-region inference profiles:
- Europe (Paris) - eu-west-3
- Europe (London) - eu-west-2
- Asia Pacific (Singapore) - ap-southeast-1
- Asia Pacific (Mumbai) - ap-south-1
- Canada (Central) - ca-central-1
- South America (São Paulo) - sa-east-1
- And more…
🔍 Verify Access
Check Model Status
- Return to the Model access page
- Verify Claude Sonnet 4 shows “Access granted”
- Note the model ID for reference:
anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0
❗ Troubleshooting
Model Not Available
- Issue: Claude Sonnet 4 not listed
- Solution: Check you’re in a supported region
Access Denied After Deployment
- Issue: Bot shows “Model access required” error
- Solution:
- Enable model access as shown above
- Wait for “Access granted” status
- No need to redeploy - the bot will work automatically
Request Pending Too Long
- Issue: Status stuck on “Pending”
- Solution:
- Cancel and resubmit the request
- Contact AWS Support if issues persist
💡 Good to Know
Model Costs
- Input: $3.00 per million tokens
- Output: $15.00 per million tokens
- Average command uses ~500-2000 tokens
- Built-in cost tracking alerts you at $5 milestones
Alternative Models
Currently, only Claude Sonnet 4 is supported. Support for additional models may be added in future releases.
⏭️ Next Step
Once Bedrock access is enabled: