AWS Amazon, Create Access Key and Secret Key
Creating, Disabling, and Deleting Access Keys for Your AWS Account Root User
- Use your AWS account email address and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console as the AWS account root user.
- Choose your account name in the navigation bar, and then choose My Security Credentials.
- If you see a warning about accessing the security credentials for your AWS account, choose Continue to Security Credentials
- Expand the Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) section.
- 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.
- A warning explains that you have only this one opportunity to view or download the secret access key. It cannot be retrieved later.
- Choose Show Access Key to copy the access key ID and secret key from your browser window and paste it somewhere else.
- 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.
