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Create Access Key and Secret

After you create an IAM user, create an access key for the user and download the access key and secret. Use the access keys and secrets to authenticate and authorize programmatic access to AWS resources.
Available in: all editions that have Loyalty Management enabled

  1. Log in to your AWS Management Console.
  2. From the Services menu, find and select IAM.
  3. From the navigation menu, click Users.
  4. Select the user that you created.
  5. Under Summary, click Create access key.
  6. Select Application running outside AWS, and then click Next.
  7. Enter a description to define the purpose of the key, and then click Create access key.
  8. To ensure that you don’t lose the access credentials, download the CSV file that contains the access key and secret.