Introduction

This document describes how to create, enable/disable, delete, and view an API key for a root account.

Prerequisites

Go to the API Key Management page in the CAM Console.

Directions

Creating an API key for a root account

You can create an API key for a root account. After the API key is created, the root account can use APIs, SDKs, or other development tools to manage the resources under the account.
On the API Key Management page, click Create Key in the top-left corner and complete the API key creation operations.

• One root account can have at most two API keys.
• The root account API key represents your account identity and granted permissions, which is equivalent to your login password. Do not disclose it to others.
• An API key is an important credential for creating TencentCloud API requests. For the security of your assets and services, please keep the keys private, change them regularly, and delete old keys promptly after creating new ones.

Viewing root account API key

You can view and copy the SecretId and SecretKey information of the API key of the root account. You can use the SecretId and SecretKey to use APIs, SDKs, or other developer tools to manage resources under the account.

1. Go to the API Key Management page. You can view and copy the SecretId from the Key column.
2. Click Show in the "Key" column. You will be able to get and copy the SecretKey after completing identity verification.

Disabling/Enabling root account API key

You can disable the API key of the root account. Do note that Tencent Cloud will block all requests that use the API key after it is disabled.

1. On the API Key Management page, click Disable in the "Operation" column.
2. In the pop-up window, click *Disable to disable the access key.

   You can click Enable in the "Operation" column to enable the key. After the key is enabled, you can use APIs, SDKs, or other developer tools to manage the resources under the account.

Deleting root account API key

1. On the API Key Management page, click Disable in the "Operation" column. If the API key that you want to delete has already been disabled, directly proceed to step 3.
2. In the pop-up window, click *Disable.
3. On the API Key Management page, click Delete in the "Operation" column.
4. In the pop-up window, click *Delete to delete the API key.

   Please note that an API key cannot be recovered once deleted.