AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Container for the parameters to the CreateAccessKey operation. Creates a new Amazon Web Services secret access key and corresponding Amazon Web Services access key ID for the specified user. The default status for new keys is Active.

If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the Amazon Web Services access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under the Amazon Web Services account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage Amazon Web Services account root user credentials. This is true even if the Amazon Web Services account has no associated users.

For information about quotas on the number of keys you can create, see IAM and STS quotas in the IAM User Guide.

To ensure the security of your Amazon Web Services account, the secret access key is accessible only during key and user creation. You must save the key (for example, in a text file) if you want to be able to access it again. If a secret key is lost, you can delete the access keys for the associated user and then create new keys.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonWebServiceRequest
    Amazon.IdentityManagement.AmazonIdentityManagementServiceRequest
      Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.CreateAccessKeyRequest

Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public class CreateAccessKeyRequest : AmazonIdentityManagementServiceRequest
         IAmazonWebServiceRequest

The CreateAccessKeyRequest type exposes the following members

Constructors

NameDescription
Public Method CreateAccessKeyRequest()

Empty constructor used to set properties independently even when a simple constructor is available

Properties

NameTypeDescription
Public Property UserName System.String

Gets and sets the property UserName.

The name of the IAM user that the new key will belong to.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Examples

The following command creates an access key (access key ID and secret access key) for the IAM user named Bob.

To create an access key for an IAM user


var client = new AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient();
var response = client.CreateAccessKey(new CreateAccessKeyRequest 
{
    UserName = "Bob"
});

AccessKey accessKey = response.AccessKey;

            

Version Information

.NET:
Supported in: 8.0 and newer, Core 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5