From c8a2e16a1c745a5b3c171c27ed189eded21b75fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Allen Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:01:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add note about saving the key material --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 670b3766..529dd007 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -548,3 +548,5 @@ aws iam add-user-to-group --user-name prowler --group-name SecurityAudit aws iam create-access-key --user-name prowler unset ACCOUNT_ID AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE ``` + +The `aws iam create-access-key` command will output the secret access key and the key id; keep these somewhere safe, and add them to ~/.aws/credentials with an appropriate profile name to use them with prowler. This is the only time they secret key will be shown. If you loose it, you will need to generate a replacement.