Create a user

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console with the appropriate admin level account.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Users and then choose Create user.
  3. On the Specify user details page, under User details, in User name, enter the name for the new user, example S3-connector-user and select Next.
  4. On the Set permissions page, select Attach policies directly and choose the policy created in above steps.
  5. Select Next.
  6. Once the user is created, select it, and from the user page, choose Create access key.
  7. Select Other, then Next.
  8. Enter a description if you wish and select Create access key.

    The Access key and Secret Access key have now been created. These can be downloaded as a CSV and also copied from this section.

    Note: The secret access key cannot be viewed once you leave this page.