Enable Amazon Bedrock

Configure Amazon Bedrock Claude model access for AI capabilities

Enable Amazon Bedrock

🤖 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 ↗️

2. Navigate to Model Access

In the left sidebar, click on “Model access”

3. Enable Claude Sonnet 4

  1. Click “Modify model access”
  2. Find and enable:
    • ✅ Claude Sonnet 4 (anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0)
  3. 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

Amazon Bedrock Model access page showing enabled Claude Sonnet 4 with “Access granted” status

🌍 Regional Considerations

How Regional Access Works

Ohlala SmartOps automatically handles regional model access:

  1. Detects your deployment region
  2. Uses the optimal inference profile for your location
  3. No additional configuration needed
  4. 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

  1. Return to the Model access page
  2. Verify Claude Sonnet 4 shows “Access granted”
  3. 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:
    1. Enable model access as shown above
    2. Wait for “Access granted” status
    3. No need to redeploy - the bot will work automatically

Request Pending Too Long

  • Issue: Status stuck on “Pending”
  • Solution:
    1. Cancel and resubmit the request
    2. 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:

Continue to AWS Marketplace →