How Do I Obtain an Access Key (AK/SK)?

When registering a multi-cloud cluster, you need to obtain the access key (AK/SK) to create resources (such as EC2 instances, security groups, EIPs, and load balancers) related to the multi-cloud cluster in your AWS account. This section describes how to obtain the AK/SK.

The key will be encrypted and stored properly. You do not need to worry about information leakage.

1. Log in to the IAM console using your AWS account ID or account alias, and your IAM username and password.

   To obtain an AWS account ID, contact the administrator of your AWS account.

2. In the navigation pane in the upper right corner, select your username, and then select Security credentials.
   Figure 1 Selecting Security credentials
   
3. In the Access Keys area, click Create access key. If you already have two access keys, this button will be disabled. You must delete one access key before creating another. You can also use an existing access key to create a UCS on AWS cluster.
   Figure 2 Creating an access key
   
4. On the Retrieve access key page, click Show to obtain the value of the user's access key, or click Download .csv file. This is your only chance to keep your access key. After saving the access key in a secure location, click Done.
   Figure 3 Obtaining the access key
   
   

   When you are using a UCS on AWS cluster, do not rotate, disable, or delete the access key before the cluster is deleted. Otherwise, subsequent cluster update and deletion operations will be affected.