Step 1

Log in to the AWS console as a user with the admin role.

Step 2

From the Dashboard, click Security, Identity & Compliance > IAM.

Step 3

Click Access Management > Users.

Step 4

Click Add Users.

1. In the User Name field, enter a name to identify the user.

2. Click Access Key - Programmatic Access.

3. At the Set permissions page, click Next without granting the user access to anything. You can grant user access later.

4. Add tags to the user if desired.

5. Click Create User.

6. Click Download .csv to download the user's key to your computer.

   Note	This is the only opportunity you have to retrieve the user's key.

7. Click Close.

Step 5

At the Identity and Access Management (IAM) page in the left column, click Access Management > Policies.

Step 6

Click Create Policy.

1. On the Create Policy page, click JSON.

   

2. Enter the following policy in the field:

   {
   	"Version": "2012-10-17",
   	"Statement": [
   		{
   			"Effect": "Allow",
   			"Action": [
   				"ec2:DescribeTags",
   				"ec2:DescribeInstances",
   				"ec2:DescribeVpcs"
   			],
   			"Resource": "*"
   		}
   	]
   }
   

3. Click Next.

Step 7

Click Review.

Step 8

Attach your policy

1. On the Policies page, enter all or part of the policy name in the search field and press Enter.

2. Click the policy you just created.

3. Click Actions > Attach.

4. If necessary, enter all or part of the user name in the search field and press Enter.

5. Click Attach Policy.

Step 1

Do any of these actions:

Step 2

Enter the required information.

1. Click Save.

   The Status column displays Ok.

Step 1

Log in to your Google Cloud account as a user with the owner role.

Step 2

Click IAM & Admin > Service Accounts > Create Service Account.

Step 3

Enter the following information:

Step 4

Follow the prompts on your screen until the Grant users access to this service account section is displayed.

Step 5

Click More () at the end of the row of the service account you created.

Step 6

Click Manage Keys.

Step 7

Click Add Key > Create New Key.

Step 8

Click JSON.

Step 9

Click Create.

Step 1

Do any of the following:

Step 2

Enter the following information.

1. Click Save.

   The Status column displays Ok.