How to add permissions to AWS resources using AWS CLI on Windows client

Creating IAM user

• Login to the IAM console:

https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/

• From the left pane, click on Users -> click on “Add user” -> specify the user name -> access type: “Programmatic access” -> do not select “AWS Management Console access” -> click “Next: Permissions”
• From the “add user to group”, either select existing group or click on “Create group” -> click “Next: Review” -> click on “Create user”
• Download the CSV file with the “Access key ID” and “Secret access key” and save the CSV file in a secure location
• Click Close

Install the AWS CLI

• Login to the Windows client
• Follow the instructions below on how to download and install the AWS CLI tools:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/awscli-install-windows.html

Configuring AWS CLI credentials on the Windows client

• Run the command below from CLI:

aws configure

• Fill in the following details:

• AWS Access Key ID – specify here the access key ID from the CSV file
• AWS Secret Access Key – specify here the secret access key
• Region – specify here the default region close to your location (for example eu-west-1)