Managed credentials launch warning
If you configure AWS, Databricks, or Snowflake managed credentials, the Posit Workbench homepage can warn users. It asks them to confirm before they start a session with no credential selected for one of those providers. With the warning on, the Launch button in the New Session dialog shows Missing followed by the logos of those providers. Clicking Launch opens a Launch without credentials? dialog that names each provider that triggered the warning. The user can go back and select credentials, or continue without them.
Configuration
Set the default for all users with the managed-credentials-launch-warning option in /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf:
| Value | Behavior |
|---|---|
disabled |
The default. Workbench never warns about credentials before launching sessions. |
unselected |
More lenient than always. Warns when the user has already signed in to a configured provider, so a credential is available, but has not selected one. AWS has no sign-in, so an unselected AWS role always warns. |
always |
Strictest warning behavior. Warns when any configured provider has no credential selected, whether or not the user has signed in to it. |
Workbench checks each provider separately and warns if any of them matches, even when another provider has a credential selected. This feature does not enforce session credentials.
/etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
managed-credentials-launch-warning=unselectedRestart Workbench for a change to take effect:
Terminal
sudo rstudio-server restartUser override
Users can override the default for their browser with Launch without credentials warning in the Sessions section of the homepage Settings. They can also turn the warning off from the dialog with Don’t show this warning again. The legacy homepage does not show the warning. See Launch without credentials warning in the User Guide.