Amazon AWS, Create Access Key and Secret Key

AWS Amazon, Create Access Key and Secret Key

Creating, Disabling, and Deleting Access Keys for Your AWS Account Root User

1. Use your AWS account email address and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console as the AWS account root user.
    
2. Choose your account name in the navigation bar, and then choose My Security Credentials.
    
3. If you see a warning about accessing the security credentials for your AWS account, choose Continue to Security Credentials
    
4. Expand the Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) section.
    
5. Choose Create New Access Key. If this feature is disabled, then you must delete one of the existing access keys before you can create a new key. For more information, see IAM Entity Object Limits in the IAM User Guide.
    
6. A warning explains that you have only this one opportunity to view or download the secret access key. It cannot be retrieved later.
    
1. Choose Show Access Key to copy the access key ID and secret key from your browser window and paste it somewhere else.
    
2. Choose Download Key File to download the rootkey.csv file that contains the access key ID and the secret key. Save the file somewhere safe.