create_s3_credential.md

Table of contents (steps)
1. Create an AWS account
2. Generate SSH keys
3. Create S3 credential
4. Request access to Amazon EC2 F1 instances
5. Create an AMI instance
6. Configure S3 bucket
7. Setup development environment
8. Simulate the design
9. Build the hardware design
10. Generate the AFI
11. Program the FPGA
12. Compile the runtime of the design
13. Bookkeping the AFI

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3. Create S3 buckets credentials

These buckets are require to generate the Amazon FPGA Image (AFI) from the generated design to program the FPGA.

Steps:

1. Open the EC2 Management Console
2. Click on your Name on the top bar
3. Select My Security Credentials
4. Click Users from the left bar
5. Click Add user in blue
6. Create and add an username
7. Check the box Programmatic access on Access type
8. Click Next
9. Create a group name and assign a policy, the policy is AmazonS3FullAccess and AmazonEC2FullAccess
10. After creating the group, check the box for this new group
11. Click Next
12. Click Create User
13. Save the AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Access Key. You could also download this information in a (.csv) file. Save this informaiton because it cannot retrieved in the future and you will have to create another user from scratch