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# 1 - Terraform user

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## Steps

1. Login to your [AWS Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home) and navigate to [IAM users](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#/users)
2. Click **Add user**
3. Set **User name** to `tutorial` and select **Access type** `programmatic access`
4. Click **Next: Permissions**
5. In **Attach existing policies directly** select `AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryFullAccess` for this tutorial. Please read the notes below.
6. Click **Next: Tags** and **Next: Review** and **Create user**
7. Write down the **Access key ID** and **Secret access key**

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