Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock gives you access to foundation models from Anthropic, Meta, Mistral, and others — all billed through your AWS account. If you’re already using AWS, Bedrock is a natural fit.

Prerequisites

Before connecting Selu to Bedrock, you’ll need:

An AWS account

Sign up at aws.amazon.com if you don’t have one.

Bedrock model access

Enable the models you want in the AWS console under Amazon Bedrock → Model access. Some models require a brief approval process.

IAM credentials

Create an IAM user or role with bedrock:InvokeModel permission. Generate an access key and secret key.

Connecting to Selu

1. Open the Selu dashboard and go to Settings → LLM Providers → Amazon Bedrock.
2. Enter your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Both are encrypted at rest.
3. Select your AWS Region (e.g., us-east-1). Choose the region where you enabled model access.
4. Click Test Connection to verify everything works.
5. Save your settings.

Choosing a model

Bedrock offers models from multiple providers. Select your model under Settings → LLM Providers → Bedrock → Model.

Popular choices include:

Model	Provider	Good for
Claude Sonnet	Anthropic	General purpose, balanced speed and quality
Claude Haiku	Anthropic	Fast, affordable responses
Llama 3	Meta	Open-weight alternative, good all-rounder
Mistral Large	Mistral	Strong at coding and reasoning

IAM policy example

Here’s a minimal IAM policy for the Selu user:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock:InvokeModel",
        "bedrock:InvokeModelWithResponseStream"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:bedrock:*::foundation-model/*"
    }
  ]
}

Attach this policy to the IAM user whose credentials you entered in Selu.

Configuration options

Setting	Description	Default
Region	AWS region for API calls	us-east-1
Max tokens	Maximum response length	4096
Temperature	Controls randomness (0.0–1.0)	0.7

Troubleshooting

• “Access denied” — Ensure your IAM user has the correct Bedrock permissions and that the model is enabled in your selected region.
• “Model not found” — Go to Amazon Bedrock → Model access in the AWS console and request access to the model.
• High latency — Choose a region geographically close to your Selu server. Also consider using a faster model like Haiku.