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Learn how to create an IAM user and access key - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial
From the course: AWS Essential Training for Developers
Learn how to create an IAM user and access key
- [Instructor] On the left-hand submenu, click on users. And at the top of that page, click on the Add users button. Enter a unique username. Under Select AWS access type, check Access key - Programmatic access. The access key will allow our user to access AWS services on your account without providing your username and password. It's like creating a set of car keys for your AWS account. We need this key later because later in the course we're going to use the AWS command-line interface or CLI to interact with our AWS account. And you'll need this key to tell AWS who you are. Also, check the Password - AWS Management Console Access checkbox. This will give you an option to create your own password or just use an auto-generated password for this new user. It'll also give you the option to force a password reset upon the first login. For best practice, leave Autogenerated password selected and also make sure that Require…
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