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title: Getting Started with Datadog
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Infrastructure > Datadog Resource Catalog
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# aws_elasticache_user{% #aws_elasticache_user %}

## `access_string`{% #access_string %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `AccessString`**Description**: Access permissions string used for this user.

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `arn`{% #arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ARN`**Description**: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the user.

## `authentication`{% #authentication %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Authentication`**Description**: Denotes whether the user requires a password to authenticate.

- `password_count`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `PasswordCount`**Description**: The number of passwords belonging to the user. The maximum is two.
- `type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Type`**Description**: Indicates whether the user requires a password to authenticate.

## `engine`{% #engine %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Engine`**Description**: The current supported value is Redis.

## `minimum_engine_version`{% #minimum_engine_version %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `MinimumEngineVersion`**Description**: The minimum engine version required, which is Redis OSS 6.0

## `status`{% #status %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Status`**Description**: Indicates the user status. Can be "active", "modifying" or "deleting".

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `user_group_ids`{% #user_group_ids %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `UserGroupIds`**Description**: Returns a list of the user group IDs the user belongs to.

## `user_id`{% #user_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `UserId`**Description**: The ID of the user.

## `user_name`{% #user_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `UserName`**Description**: The username of the user.