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_NB. This page is relevant to Ministry of Justice employees. External collaborators should review [Working as a Collaborator](./working-as-a-collaborator.html)_

You can obtain temporary AWS credentials to use the AWS CLI or other command line tools.

To have access to your AWS credentials you will need to be a member of the GitHub team specified when the [environment was created](./creating-environments.html#github-team-slug)

Note - you do not need to obtain AWS credentials to deploy infrastructure, this is done via GitHub Workflows (see [deploying your infrastructure](deploying-your-infrastructure.html)).

If you need credentials to make an application deployment, a CI user is created as part of the initial account set up, see [here](obtaining-deployment-credentials.html) for obtaining the credentials for that user.

1. [Log in to the AWS Console](accessing-the-aws-console.html)

2. Select the account you wish to access programmatically

3. Choose the `Command line or programmatic access` options

4. Follow the instructions on screen to retrieve your credentials.