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  •   3 months ago

Unable to Access Amazon Nova Docs from India – Geo-Restriction?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to access the Amazon Nova documentation, but the official docs website shows the following message:

```
Thank you for your interest. At this time, Amazon Nova models cannot be accessed from this website in your location.
Learn more about accessing via Amazon Bedrock here.
```

I’m accessing it from **India**, and it appears to be geo-restricted.

Is anyone else facing the same issue?

- Is Nova officially unavailable in India?
- Is access only possible via Amazon Bedrock (AWS account + supported region)?
- Are there specific AWS regions where Nova models are currently enabled?

If someone has successfully accessed Nova models from India, please share the correct setup (region configuration, Bedrock enablement steps, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

  • 3 comments

  •   •   3 months ago

    Yes, the Nova documentation website is geo-restricted in certain locations including India, but you can still use the Nova models via Amazon Bedrock.

    Steps:

    1. Sign into your AWS account and open the Amazon Bedrock console.
    2. Select a supported region — check the full list here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-regions.html
    3. When calling the model, use the correct model ID prefix:
    - From a US region: use us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0
    - From outside the US: use global.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 or the appropriate region prefix (eu, jp, etc.)

    The docs page restriction is just for the website itself — it doesn't mean Nova is unavailable to you as a service. Bedrock is the supported access path.

    Hope that helps!

  •   •   3 months ago

    Thanks for this information.

  •   •   3 months ago

    Nova models working via bedrock, but "Nova Act" not yet accessible? I'm getting below error when accessing it from sdk

    Authentication failed. Please ensure you are using a key from: https://nova.amazon.com/act and accessing NovaAct from within the United States.

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