Creating a new AWS user
First of all, a new user needs to be created in the IAM Management Console.
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Go to the Amazon IAM Console.
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Click Users.
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Click the Create New Users button.
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Enter the user name in the first text box. You might want to call it something like 'cmm_user'.
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Make sure that the Generate an access key for each user option is enabled and then click the Create button.
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When the key has been created for the user, download the credentials file by clicking the Download Credentials button.
Note - This will be the last time that you can view the secret access key for this user so please take a note of the following information since it will be required by CMM in order to create a CMM account:
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Access Key ID
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Secret Access Key
A video demonstration on how to create your user is available here.