name: Amazon Lake Formation
segments:
- Data Lakes
- Analytics
description: AWS Lake Formation is a service that makes it easy to set up a secure data lake in days, providing centralized
  governance and security for data stored in Amazon S3 and other AWS data stores with fine-grained access control.
url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
type: Index
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
tags:
- Access Control
- Analytics
- AWS
- Data Governance
- Data Lake
- S3
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- name: Amazon Lake Formation API
  description: The AWS Lake Formation API provides programmatic access to create and manage data lakes, configure data permissions
    and access controls, register data sources, and manage data catalog resources for centralized data governance.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
  baseURL: https://lakeformation.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Access Control
  - Data Governance
  - Data Lake
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/what-is-lake-formation.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/lakeformation/2017-03-31/openapi.yaml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/faqs/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/what-is-lake-formation.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-lake-formation-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-lake-formation-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-lake-formation-resource-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-lake-formation-permission-schema.json
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-lake-formation-resources.yaml
common:
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/aws-lake-formation/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/home
- type: CLI
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/lakeformation/
- type: SDK
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/pricing/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/getting-started/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/faqs/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Fine-Grained Access Control
    description: Grant table, column, row, and cell-level permissions to data in your data lake.
  - name: Centralized Governance
    description: Centrally define and manage security, governance, and auditing policies across the data lake.
  - name: Data Catalog Integration
    description: Integrates with AWS Glue Data Catalog to discover, catalog, and share metadata.
  - name: Cross-Account Data Sharing
    description: Securely share data across AWS accounts without copying it.
  - name: Governed Tables
    description: ACID transactions and automatic compaction for governed tables stored in S3.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Data Lake Security
    description: Implement fine-grained access control for data stored in S3 with row and column-level security.
  - name: Self-Service Analytics
    description: Enable business users to discover and access approved data without manual provisioning.
  - name: Cross-Account Data Sharing
    description: Share data lake resources across AWS accounts and organizations.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Manage and secure data stored in S3 as the data lake storage layer.
  - name: AWS Glue
    description: Use Glue Data Catalog as the metadata store and Glue ETL for data transformation.
  - name: Amazon Athena
    description: Query data lake data using Athena with Lake Formation access controls enforced.
  - name: Amazon Redshift
    description: Use Redshift Spectrum to query data lake with Lake Formation permissions.
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-lake-formation-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-lake-formation-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Sign in
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Industry
- name: Resources
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
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