Create Access Key ID and Secret Key in Amazon S3¶

To link your Amazon S3 bucket to Securden you need your Secret Key, your Access Key, and the name of your bucket. To get these Keys you will need to create an IAM user within AWS. (If you don’t have an existing user, create one using the steps provided at the end of the document.)

Step 1: Navigate to the link provided and login with your Amazon AWS account - https://aws.amazon.com/. Sign in with your user credentials.

You can follow one of the three methods to get the Access Key ID and Secret key.

Use an existing access key
Create a new access key for the user you have logged in as
Create a new user and new access key

Method 1: Using An Existing Access Key

Step 2: Open the IAM console of your Amazon AWS by selecting the user you have logged in as and select Security credentials.

Step 3: Copy the Access key ID and the Secret access key, they will look similar to the example below.

Access key ID example:

AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE

Secret access key example:

wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

Method 2: Creating A New Access Key for Existing User¶

If you wish to create an access key for the user you have logged in as, follow these steps:

To create a new access key, click on the Create access key button.

Once you create the access key, copy Access Key ID and Secret Access Key details.

Method 3: Create an IAM user and copying their access key¶

You can create an IAM user and utilize their access key to add in Securden. Firstly, you need to log into your AWS account.

Along with the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, you will need the name of the S3 bucket. This is available in the aws S3 console as shown below.

To get the Access ID and Secret Key, follow these steps:

Step 1: Select your account name in the top right corner. Then select Security Credentials from the drop-down list.

Step 2: Then select Users from the list to the left as shown below.

Step 3: Click the Create user button to create a new user.

Step 4: Enter a Username and select Programmatic access, then click Next: Permissions.

Step 5: In the Add permissions tab Select the required permissions:

For account discovery in AWS, grant the IAMFullAccess permission
For utilizing S3 cloud storage services, grant the AmazonS3FullAccess permission

Step 6: Click Next on the Tags screen. On review your User should look similar to the account below, click Create user.