Setup Access Credentials

1. Log in to the AWS Console
2. Go to Identity and Access Management (IAM)
3. Create a user for accessing AWS resources via aws-cli
4. Create and Access Key for the user

Install aws-cli on some terminal

Run the following command

aws configure

Enter the following information like so. The Default region name should match whatever you setup your account on. The Default output format can be set to json and probably xml or yaml.

AWS Access Key ID [None]: HUIOHFDJS3389HJKDFE
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: huifdnajkdsiHJKSDNFBkjnbfdjw
Default region name [None]: us-west-1
Default output format [None]: json