Important: IAM access keys are not supported in the AWS commercial regions. Use an IAM third-party role instead. IAM access keys are supported in GovCloud and China regions only.

To use IAM access keys with Skeddly, you must create an IAM user. Please follow these instructions to create and register your access keys with Skeddly.

1. Sign-in to your Skeddly account.
2. Go to the "Credentials" page by clicking "Credentials" then "Credentials" in the left navigation pane.
3. Click the "Register Credentials" button.
4. Click the "Register an Access Key" button.
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Keep this page open, and start a new browser and/or tab in your browser:

5. Go to the IAM Management Console.
6. Go to the IAM users list by clicking "Users" in the left navigation pane.
7. Click the blue "Add User" button at the top of the page.

"Specify user details" page
8. Give the user a friendly name. You can name it anything you like, but we suggest giving it a name you can easily identify it as an IAM user for Skeddly, such as "Skeddly".

9. Leave the option "Provide user access to the AWS Management Console" unchecked/off.

10. Click "Next".

"Set permissions" page
11. Click "Next".

"Review and create" page

12. Click "Create user".

You will be returned to the main user list. Find the user you just created and click on it's username.​
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13. Click on the "Security credentials" tab.

14. Scroll down to "Access keys" and click "Create access key"

"Access key best practices & alternatives" page

15. In the "Use case", choose "Other".

16. Click "Next".

"Set description tag" page
17. Optional: You can add a description.

18. Click "Create access key"

"Retrieve access keys" page

19. Copy the "Access key" from the IAM Management Console to your clipboard.
20. Paste that into the "Access Key ID" field in the Skeddly window.
21. Copy the "Secret access key" to your clipboard.
22. Paste that into the "Secret Access Key" field in the Skeddly window.
23. Back in the IAM Management Console window, click the "Done" button.

24. A message box may appear alerting you that you have not downloaded your secret key. That's OK. Click "Continue".
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Keep the IAM Management Console window around.

Return to the Skeddly window.
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25. Enter a friendly name in the "Credentials Name" field. Name is something you can easily identify with.
26. Click the "Save" button.
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At this point, your credentials have been registered with Skeddly.