Create an IAM user with administrator privileges

After you create your AWS account, use the following steps to create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user for yourself, and then add that user to a group that has administrative permissions. For more information about using the AWS Identity and Access Management service to control access to Storage Gateway resources, see Identity and access management for AWS Storage Gateway.

To create an administrator user, choose one of the following options.

Choose one way to manage your administrator	To	By	You can also
In IAM Identity Center (Recommended)	Use short-term credentials to access AWS. This aligns with the security best practices. For information about best practices, see Security best practices in IAM in the IAM User Guide.	Following the instructions in Getting started in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.	Configure programmatic access by Configuring the AWS CLI to use AWS IAM Identity Center in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.
In IAM (Not recommended)	Use long-term credentials to access AWS.	Following the instructions in Creating your first IAM admin user and user group in the IAM User Guide.	Configure programmatic access by Managing access keys for IAM users in the IAM User Guide.

Warning

IAM users have long-term credentials which present a security risk. To help mitigate this risk, we recommend that you provide these users with only the permissions they require to perform the task and that you remove these users when they are no longer needed.