# Amazon SES
Amazon SES (opens new window) is an email platform that provides an easy, cost-effective way for you to send and receive email using your own email addresses and domains.
The Amazon SES connector lets you use workflows like auto-responders, email unsubscribe systems, and applications that generate customer support tickets from incoming emails.
# API version
This connector uses the Amazon SES API V2 (opens new window).
# How to connect to Amazon SES on Workato
Workato supports the following authentication methods for Amazon SES:
IAM ROLE AUTHENTICATION
Workato recommends that you provision a dedicated integration role for this Workato connection. This helps to maintain permission boundaries, including controlled access and actions that are permitted by the third-party application (for example, Workato).
Refer to the Amazon documentation to learn how to create an IAM User (opens new window).
# Permissions
When you create an IAM user and IAM role in Amazon SES, Workato performs operations in your Amazon SES user. To use the full set of Amazon SES connector actions, the IAM User must have FullAccess permissions to SES.
Example ARN Policy: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSESFullAccess.
# IAM role ARN authentication
For this authentication method, you must provide the IAM role ARN (opens new window).
Complete the steps in Use IAM role-based authentication for AWS Services (opens new window) to get the required IAM role Amazon Resource Name (ARN).
# Complete IAM role ARN setup in Workato
Complete the following steps to finish setting up your Amazon SES connection in Workato:
Click Create > Connection.
Search for and select Amazon SES as your connection in the New connection page.
Provide a name for your connection in the Connection name field.
Use the Location drop-down menu to select the project where you plan to store the connection.
Select your Connection type from the drop-down menu.
Select IAM role from the Authorization type drop-down menu.
Enter the IAM role ARN.
Enter the Region of the SES account you are using.
Click Connect
# Retrieve access key information
DEPRECATED
Access key authentication is deprecated. Workato recommends using IAM role authentication.
This authentication method requires an access key. Refer to the Amazon documentation (opens new window) to get the required access key information.
# Complete access key setup in Workato
Complete the following steps to finish setting up your Amazon SES connection in Workato:
Click Create > Connection.
Search for and select Amazon SES as your connection in the New connection page.
Provide a name for your connection in the Connection name field.
Use the Location drop-down menu to select the project where you plan to store the connection.
Select your Connection type from the drop-down menu.
Select Access key from the Authorization type drop-down menu.
Enter the Access key ID.
Enter the Secret access key.
Enter the Region of the SES account you are using.
Click Connect.
Last updated: 6/17/2025, 5:42:27 PM