In this recipe, we will outline how to create the credentials required to programmatically authenticate to our AWS account and how to secure these credentials using Ansible Vault. This is a mandatory step in order to be able to run any Ansible modules in all the following recipes.
Authenticating to your AWS account
Getting ready
The Ansible controller must have internet access and the Ansible inventory must be set up as outlined in the previous recipe. Also, the user performing these steps must have the required access privileges on the AWS account to be able to create new users.
