Step 1: Setting up
Before you use AWS CodeDeploy for the first time, you must complete setup steps. The steps involve creating an AWS account (if you don't already have one), and an administrative user with programmatic access.
In this guide, the administrative user is called the CodeDeploy administrative user.
Sign up for an AWS account
To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.
You have now created and signed in as the CodeDeploy administrative user.
Grant programmatic access
Users need programmatic access if they want to interact with AWS outside of the AWS Management Console. The way to grant programmatic access depends on the type of user that's accessing AWS.
To grant users programmatic access, choose one of the following options.
| Which user needs programmatic access? | To | By |
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| IAM | (Recommended) Use console credentials as temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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Workforce identity (Users managed in IAM Identity Center) |
Use temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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| IAM | Use temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. | Following the instructions in Using temporary credentials with AWS resources in the IAM User Guide. |
| IAM | (Not recommended) Use long-term credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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Important
We strongly recommend you configure the CodeDeploy adminstrative user as a workforce identity (a user managed in IAM Identity Center) with the AWS CLI. Many of the procedures in this guide assume you're using the AWS CLI to perform configurations.
Important
If you configure the AWS CLI, you may be prompted to specify an AWS Region. Choose one of the supported Regions listed in Region and endpoints in the AWS General Reference.
