Getting started with the API

To sign up for an AWS account

1. Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup.

2. Follow the online instructions.

   Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.

   When you sign up for an AWS account, an AWS account root user is created. The root user has access to all AWS services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to a user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.

Secure your AWS account root user

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the account owner by choosing Root user and entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password.

   For help signing in by using root user, see Signing in as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

2. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your root user.

   For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

Create an IAM user

1. On the AWS Management Console Home page, select the IAM service or navigate to the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.

2. In the navigation pane, select Users and then select Create user.

3. Follow the guidance in the IAM console to set up a programmatic user (without access to the AWS Management Console) and without permissions.

1. Open the IAM user that you just created. In the Permissions tab, choose Add permissions and then choose Create inline policy.

2. In the JSON editor, specify the following permissions. To use this policy, replace the value for aws:CurrentTime timestamp value in the example policy with your own end date.

   Note

   IAM recommends that you limit your access keys to 12 hours.

   {
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
       {
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Action": "*",
         "Resource": "*",
         "Condition": {
           "DateGreaterThan": {
             "aws:CurrentTime": "2024-01-01T00:00:000"
           }
         }
       }
     ]
   }

Create an access key

1. On the User details page, select the Security credentials tab. In the Access keys section, choose Create access key.

2. Indicate that you plan to use these access keys as Other and choose Create access key.

3. On the Retrieve access key page, choose Show to reveal the value of your user's secret access key. You can copy the credentials or download a .csv file.