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Overview

To authenticate with AWS-IAM, you will need:

1. Access Key ID - This is a unique identifier that specifies the IAM user or role making the request.
2. Secret Access Key - This is a confidential key that acts as a password used to sign API requests made to AWS IAM services.

This guide will walk you through finding the API Key within AWS IAM.

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Prerequisites:

• You must have a registered account with AWS.

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Instructions:

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Step 1: Finding Your pair keys

1. Log in to your AWS IAM console.
2. In the navigation bar on the upper right, select your user name, and then select Security credentials.

3. In the Access keys section, click Create access key. If you already have two access keys, this button is deactivated and you must delete an access key before you can create a new one.

4. On the Access key best practices & alternatives page, choose your use case to learn about additional options which can help you avoid creating a long-term access key. If you determine that your use case still requires an access key, click Other and then click Next.
5. Once you are done, a pair of both Access and Secret Access keys will be generated.

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Step 2: Finding Your region host

1. You can obtain this directly from the web address bar.

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Step 3: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have these keys and the region:

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with AWS-IAM.
2. Enter the Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, and Region in their respective fields.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

You are now connected to AWS IAM.