--- title: Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon... description: Amazon Bedrock's Web Search tool now supports an external_web_access parameter that lets it fetch content directly from the public web instead of only Amazon's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock | daily.dev og:description: Amazon Bedrock's Web Search tool now supports an external_web_access parameter that lets it fetch content directly from the public web instead of only Amazon's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WyNoj6icE.png og:image:alt: Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon Bedrock's Web Search tool now supports an external_web_access parameter that lets it fetch content directly from the public web instead of only Amazon's in-AWS web index, enabling grounding on the freshest information like live sports scores or pricing. Enabling it requires granting the bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess IAM permission, with the parameter defaulting to true; setting it to false keeps retrieval within the AWS boundary with zero data egress for sensitive use cases. The feature is currently available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I enable external web access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock? Grant the bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess IAM permission to the request identity and leave the external_web_access parameter at its default value of true. This lets Web Search fetch content live from the public web instead of only Amazon's in-AWS index, useful for cases needing the freshest data such as live sports scores or pricing. _Teams grounding models with live web data can track Bedrock updates like this via daily.dev._ ### What happens if I set external_web_access to false in Amazon Bedrock Web Search? Setting external_web_access to false keeps retrieval entirely within the AWS boundary, serving results only from Amazon's in-AWS web index and knowledge graph with no request data leaving AWS. This is the option to use when handling sensitive data that must not touch the public web during grounding. _Engineers weighing data boundary tradeoffs for AI grounding can follow Bedrock changes on daily.dev._ ### Which AWS regions support external web access for Amazon Bedrock Web Search? External web access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon). Enabling it also requires the bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess IAM permission on the request identity. _Developers planning multi-region Bedrock deployments can watch region rollouts through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is now available in AWS GovCloud \(US-West\)](https://daily.dev/posts/web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-is-now-available-in-aws-govcloud-us-west--u78nqzdiu) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Ground your AI agents in current, accurate web knowledge](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-agentcore-ground-your-ai-agents-in-current-accurate-web-kn-r2ifedcpb) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Amazon Bedrock Helped Me Make My RAG Better](https://daily.dev/posts/how-amazon-bedrock-helped-me-make-my-rag-better-ixr9fxtuo) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Claude Cowork on Amazon Bedrock with Brave Search: bringing real-time Web intelligence for your organization](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-cowork-on-amazon-bedrock-with-brave-search-bringing-real-time-web-intelligence-for-your-orga-gc1knxnzn) · Brave · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#iam](https://daily.dev/tags/iam), [#amazon-bedrock](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon-bedrock) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T23:08:06.338Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:46:48.978Z","description":"Amazon Bedrock's Web Search tool now supports an external_web_access parameter that lets it fetch content directly from the public web instead of only Amazon's...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2882c7c17d66df165856646dee063081?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2882c7c17d66df165856646dee063081?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AWS","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/aws","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,iam,amazon-bedrock","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Launching External Web Access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/launching-external-web-access-for-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-wynoj6ice#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I enable external web access for Web Search on Amazon Bedrock?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Grant the bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess IAM permission to the request identity and leave the external_web_access parameter at its default value of true. 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