How to Enable Claude 3 Sonnet in Amazon Bedrock Console

🚀 Enable Claude 3 Sonnet in Amazon Bedrock Console

Use this short guide to enable access to Anthropic’s Claude 3 Sonnet and Claude 3 Haiku in the AWS Bedrock Console.

🔧 Step-by-Step

1. Open Bedrock Console

• Go to: console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock
• ✅ Switch to your target AWS Region (e.g., us-east-1, ap-southeast-2)

2. Find „Model access“

• In the left menu, scroll to bottom
• Click Model access

3. Enable Specific Models

• Click Enable specific models near the top of the screen (next to „Enable all models“)

• Click the Enable specific models button near the top of the page

• Look for the button in the top-right corner

• It’s labeled Manage model access — click it

4. Enable Claude 3 Models

• Use the search bar to filter for sonnet

• Under Anthropic, check:

  • ✅ Claude 3 Sonnet
  • ✅ Claude 3 Haiku (optional)

5. Provide Use Case Details (Personal Use OK)

• After clicking Next, you’ll be prompted to fill out a short form:

  • Company name — use your name or personal project
  • Company URL — optional or GitHub link
  • Industry — select closest match (e.g., Software)
  • Intended users — pick any
  • Use case — describe briefly (e.g., „Personal testing of Bedrock APIs“)

✅ You can submit as an individual.

• AWS requires a short form:

  • Company name — use your name or personal project
  • Company URL — optional or GitHub link
  • Industry — select closest match (e.g., Software)
  • Intended users — pick any
  • Use case — describe briefly (e.g., „Personal testing of Bedrock APIs“)

✅ You can submit as an individual.

6. Save & Confirm

• Scroll down
• Click Next to submit the request
• Click Submit
• Wait for status: Access granted

📅 One-time setup only

Once enabled, you can automate Claude 3 usage with Terraform or the AWS SDKs.

🔗 Official Docs

• Amazon Bedrock Model Access

🔹 Need Terraform automation?

❌ Not yet available. Model access must be done manually.

Stay tuned: HashiCorp GitHub Issues