Long-term credentials used with IAM users.
Don’t change automatically or regularly. Should be updated manually by the user.
Looks like this:
Access Key ID: AKIA6LAMNMVKNNAPKPMM
Secret Access Key: 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
User can have up to two sets of access keys.
States the set of access keys can be in:
- created
- deleted
- inactive
- active
Secret access key is given by the AWS the moment it’s created, and there are no ways to retrieve this value again.
If secret access key is lost, you need to delete the old set of access keys, and create a brand new.