Once you receive an email indicating that your account is ready, follow these instructions to get API tokens needed for Cyclone ENTERPRISE deployment.
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Select the Root User.
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Enter the email address that you used for AWS registration. Click Next.
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Enter the password. Click Sign In.
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Enter iam in the search at the top of the page. You will immediately see the IAM entry under Services. Click IAM.
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Select Users on the left panel.
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Click Add User.
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Enter your username.
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Select both Programmatic access and AWS Management Console access.
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Choose a Custom password and enter your password. Security best practice dictates that you should pick a new password that is different from that of your root username account.
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Uncheck User must create a new password at next sign-in.
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Click Next: Permissions.
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Select Attach existing policies directly.
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Per good security practices, users should be given the lowest level of permissions to get their job done. We suggest creating a new IAM user that has access to EC2 resources only. Enter "amazonec2fullaccess" in the search box.
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Select AmazonEC2FullAccess entry in the Policy name table.
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Click Next: Tags.
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Click Next: Review.
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Click Create User.
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Click the Download .csv button. Keep the .csv file in a safe location. The file contains your Access key ID, Secret access key, and your Management Console access.
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Access key ID and Secret access key are your API tokens. This is the only time AWS displays your API tokens. Make sure you write them down.
Note: Do NOT share the Access key ID and Secret access key with ANYBODY.
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Save the URL for accessing AWS Management Console.
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Click Close.