Settings for Amazon Web Services

AWS access key ID: The access key ID for programmatic access, set up for the AWS IAM user as described in Prerequisites.

AWS secret access key: The secret access key for programmatic access, set up for the AWS IAM user as described in Prerequisites.

AWS partition: The partition under which the AWS user is registered.

The window continually validates the settings that have been entered. When the settings are valid, the Status box will contain the text "Valid" and a green icon will be shown (see figure 2.3)

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Figure 2.4: A valid AWS configuration is indicated by the green icon and "Valid" in the Status box.