Jump into the IAM console and find the user you want to create the access key for. Next, you’ll click the “security credentials” tab and then click the “create access key” button. I recommend downloading these credentials; AWS provides you with a CSV file that details the access key and secret key. An access key grants programmatic access to your resources. This means that the access key should be guarded as carefully as the AWS account root user sign-in credentials. It's a best practice to do the following: Create an IAM user and then define that user's permissions as narrowly as possible. Create the access key under that IAM user. This works well, except that it seems AWS CLI requires an access key to login (which my users don't have yet, I want them to create their access key themselves). As a work around, I create the access key for them, and then ask them to change it, but it's quite cumbersome.
Root Access Keys provide unlimited access to your AWS resources. It's not recommended to use them in normal situations. AWS recommends to delete existing Root Access Keys and create IAM user and Access Keys limited to specific service or resource (see below).
1. Type https://aws.amazon.com/ in your web browser
2. Click My Account, AWS Management Console
3. Enter your account email address and password:
4. World of warcraft mists of pandaria key generator. Type the IAM in the search box and choose the IAM service from the drop-down list.
You will be redirected to IAM Dashboard
5. Navigate to Security Status and expand the Delete your root access keys section.
6. Click Manage Security Credentials
7. Click Continue to Security Credentials
Your Security Credentials page will open
8. Expand the Access Keys (access key id and secret acces key) section
9. Click the Delete link next to your access keys row.
10. Confirm Access Keys deletion.
11. Your Root Access Keys are deleted. Now you can create IAM user and Access Keys limited to specific service or resource (see below).
Be sure to replace your root access keys with your IAM access keys in any programs/scripts you are currently using.