Creates a new Amazon Web Services secret access key and corresponding Amazon Web Services access key ID for the
specified user. The default status for new keys is Active.
If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on
the Amazon Web Services access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under
the Amazon Web Services account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage Amazon Web Services account root
user credentials. This is true even if the Amazon Web Services account has no associated users.
For information about quotas on the number of keys you can create, see IAM and STS
quotas in the IAM User Guide.
To ensure the security of your Amazon Web Services account, the secret access key is accessible
only during key and user creation. You must save the key (for example, in a text
file) if you want to be able to access it again. If a secret key is lost, you can
delete the access keys for the associated user and then create new keys.
Example
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current
Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
Base exception class for all service exceptions from IAM service.
Example
To create an access key for an IAM user
// The following command creates an access key (access key ID and secret access key) for the IAM user named Bob. constinput = { "UserName":"Bob" }; constcommand = newCreateAccessKeyCommand(input); constresponse = awaitclient.send(command); /* response == { "AccessKey": { "AccessKeyId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2015-03-09T18:39:23.411Z", "SecretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYzEXAMPLEKEY", "Status": "Active", "UserName": "Bob" } } */ // example id: 1fbb3211-4cf2-41db-8c20-ba58d9f5802d
Creates a new Amazon Web Services secret access key and corresponding Amazon Web Services access key ID for the specified user. The default status for new keys is
Active
.If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the Amazon Web Services access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under the Amazon Web Services account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage Amazon Web Services account root user credentials. This is true even if the Amazon Web Services account has no associated users.
For information about quotas on the number of keys you can create, see IAM and STS quotas in the IAM User Guide.
To ensure the security of your Amazon Web Services account, the secret access key is accessible only during key and user creation. You must save the key (for example, in a text file) if you want to be able to access it again. If a secret key is lost, you can delete the access keys for the associated user and then create new keys.
Example
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
Param
CreateAccessKeyCommandInput
Returns
CreateAccessKeyCommandOutput
See
input
shape.response
shape.config
shape.Throws
LimitExceededException (client fault)
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
Throws
NoSuchEntityException (client fault)
The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
Throws
ServiceFailureException (server fault)
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
Throws
IAMServiceException
Base exception class for all service exceptions from IAM service.
Example
To create an access key for an IAM user