Create an AccessKey for a RAM user
You can create an AccessKey for your Alibaba Cloud account or for a RAM user. This AccessKey is required to authenticate calls to CleverSee APIs.
An AccessKey consists of an AccessKey ID and an AccessKey Secret.
AccessKey ID: Identifies the user.
AccessKey Secret: A secret key for user authentication. Keep your AccessKey Secret confidential.
A compromised AccessKey for your Alibaba Cloud account puts all your resources at risk. To mitigate this risk, use a RAM user's AccessKey for API calls.
Procedure
Log in to the RAM console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Users page, click the name of the target RAM user.
On the Credentials tab, in the AccessKey section, click Create AccessKey.
Read the use cases and recommendations to choose the most suitable credential type. If you must create an AccessKey, select a use case, select the I understand that I must create an AccessKey pair checkbox, and then click Create. The use case you select does not affect the created AccessKey.
Complete the security verification as prompted.
In the Create AccessKey dialog box, save the AccessKey ID and AccessKey Secret, and then click OK.
To enhance security, configure a network access restriction policy. This policy restricts API requests made with a permanent AccessKey to specific source IP addresses. This ensures that calls originate only from trusted network environments. Identify the network environment where the AccessKey is used, and then click Configure Network Access Policy to configure the policy. For more information, see Configure an IP address-based access control policy for the AccessKey pair of a RAM user.