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Setting up AWS: Joining IAM Identity Center

When we create an AWS account for you, we will also create a user for you with the username researcher-{your github handle}.

You will receive an email from no-reply@login.awsapps.com with the subject "Invitation to join AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On)."

You must accept this invitation to gain access to your AWS account and to download project data from S3.

To accept the invitation, please take the following steps.

  1. Note the following information in the invitation email: Your AWS access portal URL. You will need this URL to configure AWS CLI locally and to log into the console to use Lightsail for Research.

    Don't lose this URL!

    The login URL in this email is the link you will use moving forward to log in to the AWS portal to use Lightsail for Research. Be sure to bookmark this URL for future use!

  2. Click the Accept Invitation button in the email.

  3. Enter a strong password that is unique to this service when prompted in the browser.

  4. Set up a multifactor authentication device, such as an authenticator app or security key, when prompted in the browser.