User guide

Note

To create access keys, you must have permissions to perform the required IAM actions. For

more information, see Granting IAM User Permission to Manage Password Policy and Credentials

in Using IAM.

1. Go to the IAM console.

2. From the navigation menu, click Users.

3. Select your IAM user name.

4. Click User Actions, and then click Manage Access Keys.

5. Click Create Access Key.

Your keys will look something like this:

• Access key ID example: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE

• Secret access key example: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

6. Click Download Credentials, and store the keys in a secure location.

Your secret key will no longer be available through the AWS Management Console; you will have

the only copy. Keep it confidential in order to protect your account, and never email it. Do not share

it outside your organization, even if an inquiry appears to come from AWS or Amazon.com. No one

who legitimately represents Amazon will ever ask you for your secret key.

Related topics

• What Is IAM? in Using IAM

• AWS Security Credentials in AWS General Reference

Install a Java Development Environment

The AWS SDK for Java requires J2SE Development Kit 6.0 or later.You can download the latest Java

software from http://developers.sun.com/downloads/. The SDK also uses the Apache Commons (Code,

HTTP Client, and Logging), and Saxon HE third-party packages, which are included in the third-party

directory of the SDK.

If you use Eclipse, the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse provides support for the AWS SDK for Java as well as

additional management features. For more information on installing the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse, see

http://aws.amazon.com/eclipse/. For more information about using the Toolkit for AWS development, see

the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse Getting Started Guide.

Choosing a JVM

For the best performance of your server-based applications with the AWS SDK for Java, we recommend

that you use the 64-bit version of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This JVM runs only in Server mode,

even if you specify the -Client option at run time. Using the 32-bit version of the JVM with the -Server

option at run time should provide comparable performance to the 64-bit JVM.

Install the AWS SDK for Java

Once you have set up Java, you should download and install the the AWS SDK for Java.

Version v1.0.0

AWS SDK for Java Developer Guide

Install a Java Development Environment