WORKFLOW

Authenticate with Amazon Web Services

On Desktop
In Cloud

Configure the AWS service connection with your account credentials.

Using a Credentials File...

Create an AWS access key

If you do not already have an AWS access key ID/secret pair for a root or appropriately privileged IAM user in your AWS account, follow the instructions at this page to create a key.

Create a credentials file

If you do not already have AWS credentials and configuration files ( $TemplateBox[{"~/.aws/credentials", "C:\\Users\\\!StyleBox[\"username\",FontSlant->\"Italic\"]\\.aws\\credentials", "~/.aws/credentials", "~/.aws/credentials", "C:\\Users\\\!StyleBox[\"username\",FontSlant->\"Italic\"]\\.aws\\credentials", "~/.aws/credentials"}, PlatformDynamic]$ and $TemplateBox[{"~/.aws/config", "C:\\Users\\\!StyleBox[\"username\",FontSlant->\"Italic\"]\\.aws\\config", "~/.aws/config", "~/.aws/config", "C:\\Users\\\!StyleBox[\"username\",FontSlant->\"Italic\"]\\.aws\\config", "~/.aws/config"}, PlatformDynamic]$ ) on your computer, create them using the instructions at this page.

If you have the AWS CLI installed, you can create these files interactively on the command line with the command.

Authenticate the service connection

If you have saved your credentials in a profile other than the standard “default”, you should change the value of the Profile field accordingly.

Send a request using the service connection

Use the master AWS service object to obtain a child service object representing Amazon EC2:

Send a request to EC2:

Using Manual Credentials...

Create an AWS access key

If you do not already have an AWS access key ID/secret pair for a root or appropriately privileged IAM user in your AWS account, follow the instructions at this page to create a key.