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).
- Jan 14, 2017 - How To Generate Amazon AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key 2017 In this video you will learn how to generate Amazon AWS Access.
- So, in order to get a secret key, you will need to create a new one. To generate new access keys, click the Create New Access Key button. After clicking the Create new access key button the screen will appear like the following. Click Show Access Key to have it displayed on the screen.
- The process to retrieve your AWS Secret Access Key is detailed in the following steps: Begin by visiting your AWS console and log in to your account. Next, click on the account name (your name) to bring down the drop down Menu. In the drop down menu, click on “Security Credentials” option.
How can I access EC2 instance using Access Key ID? Ask Question Asked 4 years, 11 months ago. Active 4 years, 8 months ago. Access Key ID and Secret Access Key are used for AWS-IAM (AWS Identity and Access Management) to authenticate AWS-IAM users eg: to work on s3cmd command line. On the AWS IAM Credentials tab, in the Access keys for CLI, SDK, and API access section, do any of the following: To create an access key, choose Create access key. Then choose Download.csv file to save the access key ID and secret access key to a.csv file on your computer. Store the file in. AWS calculates the fingerprint differently depending on whether the key pair was generated by AWS or a third-party tool. If you created the key pair using AWS, the fingerprint is calculated using an SHA-1 hash function. If you created the key pair with a third-party tool and uploaded the public key to AWS.
To Delete Root Access Keys
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:
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4. 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
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9. Click the Delete link next to your access keys row.
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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).
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Be sure to replace your root access keys with your IAM access keys in any programs/scripts you are currently using.