Create AWS user

Create AWS user

If you're new to IAM you'll need to complete the following steps:

1. Open a text editor (Notepad etc.) and save the file on your computer as config.txt, so you can easily copy and paste and save all important keys.

2. Click 'Users' in the IAM menu, then 'Add User':

Choose a name for your user. In this tutorial, we call the user 'orange'. Set user to have programmatic access by checking this box:

3. Your permissions don't need to be set. Continue to the next steps until you reach 'Review': Click 'Create user'.

4. Copy your special AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY for this user.

5. Finish user creation and go to the list of your users. Click user 'orange'. Copy your username ARN, you'll need it for setting up Policies on your public and private buckets.

6. Copy down your AWS account ID (12 digits) from the ARN number:

E.g. for ARN = arn:aws:iam::555555555555:user/orange the ID is: 555555555555.