Getting Your AWS Identifiers

	Note
	If you already have your Secret Access Key and AWS Access Key ID, you can skip directly to Getting the Tools You Need.

For all of the samples, you'll need your AWS access key identifiers, which AWS assigned you when you created your AWS account. Following are your AWS access key identifiers:

Caution

Your Secret Access Key is a secret, which only you and AWS should know. It is important to keep it confidential to protect your account. Store it securely in a safe place. Never include it in your requests to AWS, and never e-mail it to anyone. 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 Access Key.

The Access Key ID is associated with your AWS account. You include it in AWS service requests to identify yourself as the sender of the request.

The Access Key ID is not a secret, and anyone could use your Access Key ID in requests to AWS. To provide proof that you truly are the sender of the request, you also include a digital signature calculated using your Secret Access Key. The sample code handles this for you.

Your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key are displayed to you when you create your AWS account. They are not e-mailed to you. If you need to see them again, you can view them at any time from your AWS account.

Your next step is to get the basic tools you need to run the samples that come with this guide. See Getting the Tools You Need.