how do i get my aws access key

To get your access key ID and secret access key

• Open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.
• On the navigation menu, choose Users.
• Choose your IAM user name (not the check box).
• Open the Security credentials tab, and then choose Create access key.
• To see the new access key, choose Show. ...
• To download the key pair, choose Download .csv file . ...

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How to secure AWS account root user?

Secure AWS root account:

• Delete your root access keys
• Activate MFA on your root account
• Create individual IAM users
• Use groups to assign permissions
• Apply an IAM password policy

How to get AWS credentials?

• While signed into the portal, choose the AWS Accounts icon to expand the list of accounts.
• Choose the AWS account from which you want to retrieve access credentials. ...
• In the Get credentials dialog box, choose either MacOS and Linux or Windows, depending on the operating system where you plan to use the CLI command prompt.

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How to secure AWS terraform credentials?

Update the terraform code to use encrypted credentials

1. Update the terraform code like the following to call the newly stored secret using terraform data module. ...
2. Source the data to terraform local to read the JSON code. locals { ec2_creds = jsondecode (data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.creds.secret_string) }
3. Let’s write the credentials to the text file using the following block of code. ...

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How to create programmatic access user in AWS?

• User name: User id
• Access type: Programmatic access: No access to AWS console. Use of keys for authentication. Console access can be enabled later. ...
• Click on the Next: Permissions button.

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Our security policy on secret access keys

Secret access keys are—as the name implies—secrets, like your password. For your own security, AWS doesn’t reveal your password to you if you forgot it (you’d have to set a new password). Similarly, AWS does not allow retrieval of a secret access key after its initial creation.

A security suggestion

Remember IAM Best Practice s : you should lock away your AWS root account credentials and use IAM users instead. You can create an IAM user that can do nearly anything that a root account can. The benefit of IAM is that you can control the permissions of an IAM user, or delete the user altogether, at any time.

Access your security credentials

When you interact with AWS, you need security credentials to verify who you are and whether you have permissions to access the resources that you’re requesting. For example, you need a user name and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console, and you need access keys to make programmatic calls to AWS API operations.

Change your password for AWS console access

To change your password, navigate to the My Security Credentials page and, under the Password for console access section, select Change password. In this section, you can also see how old your current password is. In the example in Figure 3, my password is 121 days old.

Generate access keys for programmatic access

An access key ID and secret access key are required to sign requests that you make using the AWS Command Line, the AWS SDKs, or direct API calls. If you have created an access key previously, you might have forgotten to save the secret key. In such cases, AWS recommends deleting the existing access key and creating a new one.

Assign MFA devices

As a best practice, AWS recommends enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all IAM users. MFA adds an extra layer of security because it requires users to provide unique authentication from an AWS-supported MFA mechanism in addition to their sign-in credentials when they access AWS.

Generate AWS CodeCommit credentials

The My Security Credentials page lets you configure Git credentials for AWS CodeCommit, a version control service for privately storing and managing assets such as documents and source code in the cloud.

Summary

The My Security Credentials page for IAM users makes it easier to manage and configure security credentials to help developers get up and running in AWS more quickly. To learn more about the security credentials and best practices, read the Identity and Access Management documentation.

Permissions required

To create access keys for your own IAM user, you must have the permissions from the following policy:

Managing access keys (console)

You can use the AWS Management Console to manage an IAM user's access keys.

Managing access keys (AWS CLI)

To manage an IAM user's access keys from the AWS CLI, run the following commands.

Managing access keys (AWS API)

To manage an IAM user's access keys from the AWS API, call the following operations.

Rotating access keys

As a security best practice, we recommend that you regularly rotate (change) IAM user access keys. If your administrator granted you the necessary permissions, you can rotate your own access keys.

Auditing access keys

You can review the AWS access keys in your code to determine whether the keys are from an account that you own. You can pass an access key ID using the aws sts get-access-key-info AWS CLI command or the GetAccessKeyInfo AWS API operation.

Protect or don't create your root user access key

You must use an access key (access key ID plus secret access key) to make programmatic requests to AWS. For example, when using the AWS Command Line Interface, an AWS SDK, or direct API calls.

Manage access keys for IAM users

Instead of sharing the credentials of the AWS account root user, create individual IAM users, granting each user only the permissions they require. For more information, see Managing Access Keys for IAM Users in the IAM User Guide .

Use IAM roles instead of long-term access keys

In many scenarios, you don't need long-term access keys that never expire (as you have with an IAM user). Instead, you can create IAM roles and generate temporary security credentials.

Access the mobile app using AWS access keys

You can access a limited set of AWS services and features using the AWS mobile app. The mobile app helps you support incident response while on the go. For more information and to download the app, see AWS Console Mobile Application .

Learn more

For more information about best practices for keeping your AWS account secure, see the following resources:

Console access

There are two different types of users in AWS. You are either the account owner (root user) or you are an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user. How you sign in to the AWS Management Console depends on whether you are the root user or an IAM user.

Programmatic access

You must provide your AWS access keys to make programmatic calls to AWS or to use the AWS Command Line Interface or AWS Tools for PowerShell.

Temporary access keys

You can also create and use temporary access keys, known as temporary security credentials. In addition to the access key ID and secret access key, temporary security credentials include a security token that you must send to AWS when you use temporary security credentials.