Perform the following steps to create an IAM user:
- Go to AWS Web console https://console.aws.amazon.com.
- Click on IAM (use the search box, which makes it easier to find):
Access to IAM console
- Click on Users in the left navigation and then click on Add user:
Creating an IAM user
- Type User name chap6, then choose Programmatic access:
Creating chap6 user
- Choose Attach existing policies directly, as shown in the following screenshot, and then select the following policies:
- AmazonEC2FullAccess
- AmazonRoute53FullAcccess
- AmazonS3FullAccess
- AmazonVPCFullAccess
- IAMFullAccess
Attaching the necessary Policy
- Eventually, it generates Access key ID and Secret access key. Copy and paste into your text editor or click on Download .csv to preserve to your computer:
Downloading Access key ID and Secret access key