- Sign in as Admin on the AWS Console page
- Under IAM, create a new user called eg. “vscope” with Access Type “Programmatic access”
- On the second step of Add user, select “Attach existing policies directly” and check the AWS-inbuilt policy “ReadOnlyAccess“
- Copy “Access key ID” and “Secret access key” into vScope
If you want to add an access key to an existing user. Go to:
IAM -> Users -> {user} -> Security Credentials tab -> Create access key