AWS

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IAM Role Authentication Setup

1. Log in to AWS Console
2. Navigate to IAM > Roles
3. Click ‘Create Role’
4. Select the trusted entity type
5. Attach the necessary policies
6. Enter a role name and create the role
7. Copy the Role ARN (format: arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/ROLE_NAME)
8. Optionally set an External ID for additional security
9. Identify the AWS region where your resources are located (common regions: us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1)

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Static Credentials Setup

1. Log in to AWS Console
2. Navigate to IAM > Users
3. Select or create a user
4. Go to the ‘Security credentials’ tab
5. Click ‘Create access key’
6. Select the use case (Application running outside AWS)
7. Click ‘Create access key’
8. Copy both the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key immediately
9. Store them securely - the Secret Access Key won’t be shown again
10. Identify the AWS region where your resources are located (common regions: us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1)

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Field Reference

• Access Key ID (accessKeyId)
• External ID (externalId)
• Profile Name (profileName)
• AWS Region (region)
• Role ARN (roleArn)
• Secret Access Key (secretAccessKey)