# How Amazon Q uses Secrets Manager
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To authenticate Amazon Q to access your data source, you provide your data source access credentials to Amazon Q using an Secrets Manager secret. If you use the console, you can choose to create a new secret or use an existing one. For more information, see [Concepts – Authentication](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/connector-concepts.html#connector-authentication) in the *Amazon Q Developer Guide*.