# Why? # To simplify the signing process through [AWS Signature Version 4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html) # Current workaround # promlens users need to set up [aws-sigv4-proxy](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sigv4-proxy) # Prior art # Similar work was done in Grafana: https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/27552