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AWS Access Keys. Access Keys are used to sign the requests you send to Amazon S3. Like the Username/Password pair you use to access your AWS Management Console, Access Key Id and Secret Access Key are used for programmatic (API) access to AWS services. Oct 06, 2018 AWS #KMS - Key Management Service - Customer Master Key, Data Key, Envelope Encryption (Part 1) - Duration: 29:44. KnowledgeIndia AWS Azure Tutorials 20,983 views. Tutorial on AWS credentials and how to configure them using Access keys, Secret keys, and IAM roles. We teach you how to install the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), create an access/secret key in IAM, configure credentials and profiles for AWS CLI and SDKs, what IAM roles are and when to use them, and more!
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Aws Generate Access Key Clip
- You can create a new access key in the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) console. Open Your Security Credentials in the IAM console. Choose Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key). Choose Create New Access Key. You can have a maximum of two access keys (active or inactive) at a time. Choose Show Access Key to see your Access Key ID and a Secret Access Key.
- To get the access key ID and secret access key for an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user, you can configure AWS CLI, or get temporary credentials for federated users to access AWS CLI. Before you can give access to a federated user, you must: Enable federation to AWS using Windows Active Directory, ADFS, and SAML 2.0.
Creates a new AWS secret access key and corresponding AWS access key ID for the specified user. The default status for new keys is Active .
If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the AWS access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under the AWS account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage AWS account root user credentials. This is true even if the AWS account has no associated users.
For information about limits on the number of keys you can create, see Limitations on IAM Entities in the IAM User Guide .
Warning
To ensure the security of your AWS account, the secret access key is accessible only during key and user creation. You must save the key (for example, in a text file) if you want to be able to access it again. If a secret key is lost, you can delete the access keys for the associated user and then create new keys.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
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Options¶
--user-name (string)
The name of the IAM user that the new key will belong to.
This parameter allows (through its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-
--cli-input-json (string)Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string)Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
Examples¶
To create an access key for an IAM user
The following create-access-key command creates an access key (access key ID and secret access key) for the IAM user named Bob:
Output:
Store the secret access key in a secure location. If it is lost, it cannot be recovered, and you must create a new access key.
For more information, see Managing Access Keys for IAM Users in the Using IAM guide.
Output¶
AccessKey -> (structure)
A structure with details about the access key.
UserName -> (string)
The name of the IAM user that the access key is associated with.
AccessKeyId -> (string)
Status -> (string)
The status of the access key. Active means that the key is valid for API calls, while Inactive means it is not.
SecretAccessKey -> (string)
CreateDate -> (timestamp)
The date when the access key was created.