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In order to use the ec2pushbutton utility, you must have a valid user. It is best to not use the root user. Follow the steps below to create a suitable account. Navigate to the AWS IAM service and select users.
From there, click on the add user button.
Enter a user name. For our purposes, a non-console user is sufficient so choose the programmatic access type. Click on Next: Permissions.
We may use an existing group, so I chose the built-in PowerUsers one. We can actually restrict access further but we can revisit it at a later time.
Show the secret as we will need both the key and secret to enter into the login credentials screen of the ec2pushbutton app.
