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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).
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:
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
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.
[ aws . iam ]
Description¶
Creates a new AWS secret access key and corresponding AWS access key ID for the specified user. The default status for new keys is Active .
If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the AWS access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under the AWS account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage AWS account root user credentials. This is true even if the AWS account has no associated users.
For information about limits on the number of keys you can create, see Limitations on IAM Entities in the IAM User Guide .
Warning
To ensure the security of your AWS account, the secret access key is accessible only during key and user creation. You must save the key (for example, in a text file) if you want to be able to access it again. If a secret key is lost, you can delete the access keys for the associated user and then create new keys.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
Synopsis¶
Options¶
--user-name (string)
The name of the IAM user that the new key will belong to.
This parameter allows (through its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-
--cli-input-json (string)Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string)Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
Examples¶
To create an access key for an IAM user
Aws Generate Access Key Id
The following create-access-key command creates an access key (access key ID and secret access key) for the IAM user named Bob:
Output: Command to generate hash key.
Store the secret access key in a secure location. If it is lost, it cannot be recovered, and you must create a new access key.
For more information, see Managing Access Keys for IAM Users in the Using IAM guide.
Output¶
AccessKey -> (structure)
Access Key Id Aws
A structure with details about the access key.
UserName -> (string)
Aws Generate Access Key For S3
AccessKeyId -> (string)
Status -> (string)
SecretAccessKey -> (string)
CreateDate -> (timestamp)