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title	AWS Authentication and Credentials Setup Methods

You can set up credentials using various methods such as command-line options, environment variables, assume role, credentials files, configuration files, etc.

Command-line Options
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language bash
aws configure sso
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language bash
aws s3 ls --profile profile1

Environment Variables

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language	bash

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<AccessKeyId>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SecretAccessKey>
export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<SessionToken>

Assume role

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aws sts assume-role \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/xaccounts3access \ --role-session-name s3-access-example

Credentials and Configuration File:
Update in ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config
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language bash
aws configure

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Ensure the account has the following IAM permissions

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title	IAM Permissions for the AWS Account

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language	json

{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"ssm:ListAssociations",
				"ec2:RunInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeSubnets",
				"ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
				"ec2:DescribeVpcs",
				"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
				"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
				"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
				"ec2:CreateTags",
				"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
				"sns:ListTopics",
				"s3:CreateBucket",
				"iam:AttachRolePolicy",
				"iam:CreateRole",
				"iam:ListRoles",
				"iam:TagRole",
				"iam:PutRolePolicy",
				"iam:CreateInstanceProfile",
				"iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile",
				"iam:PassRole",
				"ec2:DescribeInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
				"ec2:RunInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeImages",
				"ec2:DescribeImageAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
				"ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
				"ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
				"ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
				"ec2:DescribeAddresses",
				"ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
				"ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumes",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumeStatus",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications",
				"cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
				"cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
				"iam:ListUsers",
				"iam:ListAccessKeys",
				"iam:CreateAccessKey",
				"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
				"iam:ListPolicyVersions",
				"eks:ListClusters",
				"eks:DescribeCluster",
				"eks:ListNodegroups",
				"eks:DescribeNodegroup",
				"eks:DescribeAddon",
				"eks:ListAddons",
				"eks:DescribeIdentityProviderConfig"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"s3:PutObject",
				"s3:GetObject"
			],
			"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::cf-template*"
		},
		{
			"Sid": "Statement1",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"eks:CreateCluster",
				"eks:DescribeCluster",
				"eks:DeleteCluster",
				"eks:ListClusters",
				"eks:UpdateClusterConfig",
				"eks:UpdateClusterVersion",
				"eks:CreateNodegroup",
				"eks:DescribeNodegroup",
				"eks:ListNodegroups",
				"eks:UpdateNodegroupConfig",
				"eks:UpdateNodegroupVersion",
				"eks:DescribeAddonVersions",
				"eks:CreateAddon",
				"eks:DeleteAddon",
				"eks:DescribeAddon",
				"eks:ListAddons",
				"eks:UpdateAddon",
				"eks:AccessKubernetesApi",
				"eks:ListAccessPolicies",
				"eks:ListAccessEntries",
				"eks:ListIdentityProviderConfigs",
				"eks:DescribeAccessEntry",
				"eks:ListPodIdentityAssociations",
				"eks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicies",
				"eks:CreateAccessEntry",
				"eks:AssociateAccessPolicy"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
				"iam:DeleteRole",
				"iam:GetRole",
				"iam:ListPolicies",
				"iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
				"iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
				"iam:RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile",
				"iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
				"iam:ListEntitiesForPolicy",
				"iam:GetInstanceProfile",
				"iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
				"iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
				"iam:ListOpenIDConnectProviders",
				"iam:GetOpenIDConnectProvider",
				"iam:GetRolePolicy",
				"ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
				"ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
				"ec2:StopInstances",
				"ec2:TerminateInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeTags",
				"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
				"cloudformation:DeleteStack",
				"ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
				"iam:ListRolePolicies",
				"iam:CreatePolicy",
				"iam:GetPolicy",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
				"iam:GetPolicyVersion"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Sid": "AdditionalPermissions",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"iam:DetachRolePolicy",
				"ec2:CreateVpc",
				"ec2:DeleteVpc",
				"ec2:CreateSubnet",
				"ec2:DeleteSubnet",
				"ec2:CreateRouteTable",
				"ec2:CreateRoute",
				"ec2:AssociateRouteTable",
				"ec2:ReplaceRouteTableAssociation",
				"ec2:DeleteRouteTable",
				"ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
				"ec2:AttachInternetGateway",
				"ec2:AllocateAddress",
				"ec2:ReleaseAddress",
				"ec2:CreateNatGateway",
				"ec2:DeleteNatGateway",
				"cloudformation:UpdateStack",
				"cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
				"cloudtrail:DescribeTrails",
				"cloudtrail:GetTrailStatus",
				"cloudtrail:GetEventSelectors",
				"logs:DescribeLogGroups",
				"logs:DescribeLogStreams",
				"logs:GetLogEvents",
				"logs:FilterLogEvents",
				"iam:GetUserPolicy",
				"iam:GetGroupPolicy",
				"iam:GetPolicyVersion",
				"ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate",
				"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
				"ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
				"ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute",
				"ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
				"ec2:DescribeEgressOnlyInternetGateways",
				"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
				"ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate",
				"eks:TagResource",
				"elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
				"elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
				"elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets",
				"autoscaling:CreateAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:DeleteAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
				"autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
				"cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
				"s3:CreateBucket",
				"s3:DeleteBucket",
				"s3:ListBucket",
				"s3:GetBucketLocation",
				"s3:GetBucketPolicy",
				"s3:PutBucketPolicy",
				"aws-marketplace:ViewSubscriptions",
				"ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
				"ec2:CreateKeyPair"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		}
	]
}

Valid AWS Marketplace Subscriptions for Exostellar Management Server, Exostellar Controller, Exostellar Worker AMIs for the same AWS account
SSH Key

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title	SSH Key Creation

Use the following command to create a new SSH key pair:

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aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name 'my-dev-key' --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text > my-dev-key.pem

Modify the permission to secure the key:

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chmod 400 my-dev-key-new.pem

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