S3/EC2 Credentials

S3 credentials used to authenticate and authorize requests to Amazon S3, consist of an access key and a secret key.

S3 Credentails ->

• S3 credentials are used to authenticate and authorize requests to Amazon S3.

• They include an access key and a secret key, which are used to verify the identity of the requester and control access to the s3 resources.

• S3 credentials can be created for a user through the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service.

• These credentials are used to send authenticated requests to Amazon S3, and they are managed and secured through IAM policies and user management.

EC2 Credentails ->

• EC2 instances can be configured it automatically retrieve temporary credentials from the instance metadata when an IAM role is attached to the instance.

• Their credentials are used to authenticate requests made by applications running on the EC2 instances.

• IAM roles for EC2 instances provide a secure way to distribute and manage credentials for applications running on the instances without the need to store long-term credentials on the instances.