Adding your AWS credentials to Oomnitza

Before you add your AWS credentials to Oomnitza, you need to obtain your AWS Access Key Id and Secret Access Key.

Getting your AWS Access Key Id and Secret Access Key

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as either a root user or IAM user. 
2. In the navigation bar on the upper right, click My Security Credentials.
3. Expand the Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) section.
4. Click Create New Access Key.
5. When prompted, choose either Show Access Key or Download Key File. This is your only opportunity to save your secret access key.
6. After you've saved your secret access key in a secure location, choose Close.

Your downloaded file contains your Access Key and Secret Key that you can add to Oomnitza.

For further information, refer to the AWS Documentation: Programmatic access.

Best practice
For the integration with Oomnitza, create a dedicated user account. For the integration user on the Oomnitza side, we typically recommend creating a separate user for each type of integration, for example, create a new user called "Amazon Service User" rather than referencing an existing named user.

Adding your AWS credentials to Oomnitza

To authorize connections between Oomnitza and AWS, add your AWS Access Key and Secret Access Key to Oomnitza:

1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration > Security > Credentials.
2. Click Add new credential (+).
3. Click Advanced Mode and complete these steps:
   1. Add the information details.
   2. Click the AUTHORIZATION tab.
   3. Ensure that AWS is selected as the authorization type.
   4. Enter your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. 
4. Click Create. 

You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your AWS integrations with Oomnitza.