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title = "2. Use AWS Credentials"
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Notice that using static credentials for authentication is not recommended for production setups. In a real situation you should use proper IAM roles and policies.
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Once you get access to your temporary AWS account, you will see the following credentials in your screen. Copy them to notes:

![AWS credentials](/images/prerequisites/aws-creds.png)

Later for a Codefresh pipeline that interacts with AWS you will need to enter the credentials as pipeline variables. On the right sidebar when editing your pipeline click **Add variable button** and enter the credentials as

* `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`
* `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`

![GitOps Integration](/images/prerequisites/codefresh-aws-auth.png)

This will allow Codefresh to authenticate with your AWS account.