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 4.5 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 4.5
- Click “Modify model access”
- Find and enable:
- ✅ Claude Sonnet 4.5 (anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-*)
- 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 4.5 shows “Access granted”
- Note the model ID pattern:
anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-*
❗ Troubleshooting
Model Not Available
- Issue: Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 4.5 is supported. Support for additional models may be added in future releases.
⏭️ Next Step
Once Bedrock access is enabled: