Overview:
You may need to get API access to your AWS subscription, either because you want to have a BYOS subscription of the Multi-Cloud Orchestrator, or you want to deploy an Instant Cloud Solution from the marketplace.
After logging into the AWS admin panel, this operation is structured in 3 parts:
Create new user or select existing one
Give the new user admin rights or make sure the existing one has them
Retrieve account credentials
Note: All 3 parts of the procedure must be successfully completed for the API access to be valid.
Rights to be given:
Give admin right to the user account to be used by the Multi-Cloud Orchestrator
Credentials to be extracted:
AWS API keys
Access Key ID
Process:
Log in to the AWS Admin Panel.
Type your email address, account ID, and account alias and click the Next button.
If prompted, solve captcha and click Submit.
Type your password. Hit Sign In.
Once logged in, press the Services tab.
Click on Security, Identity, & Compliance > IAM.
Click on Users in the left side menu.
Click on Add user button.
Type a name for the new user and select Programmatic Access in from the Access Type section.
Give the new user admin rights or make sure the existing one has them.
Select Attach existing policies directly, then check the policy Administrator Access in the policy table and click the Next:Tags button.
Click on Next:Review button.
Click on Create user button.
Press Show in Secret access key table row.
Copy and save your Access key ID and Secret access key.