What are AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET

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kkelleher (19) Offline	Aug 28, 2017 @ 11:12 AM #1 Hi, re the below code ecs-cli configure --region us-west-1 \ --access-key $AWS_ACCESS_KEY \ --secret-key $AWS_SECRET_KEY \ --cluster spmia-tmx-dev What are AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY? When are they created? BTW ... pity the ecs-cli functionality is not yet available for windows machines ...
sguillory6 (28) Offline	Jan 14, 2019 @ 9:43 PM #2 You need to: Create an account on AWS Create an IAM user Go to user user in the console and go to the "Security Credentials" tab Click the "Create Security Credentials" button Copy these down or download the CSV file as this will be your only opportunity to access these credentials