---
title: "Create access key"
slug: "management-subaccount-createaccesskey"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/management-subaccount-createaccesskey"
---

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# Create access key

Available in Classic and VPC

Create an access key of a sub account.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/sub-accounts/{subAccountId}/access-keys |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account request headers](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `subAccountId` | String | Required | Sub account ID - See [Get sub account list](/docs/en/management-subaccount-getsubaccounts) |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://subaccount.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/sub-accounts/2b141960-****-****-****-246e9659184c/access-keys' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `accessKey` | String | - | Access Key |
| `keySecret` | String | - | Secret Key |
| `createTime` | String | - | Creation date and time - ISO 8601 format |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account status codes](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
  "accessKey": "ncp_iam_********************",
  "keySecret": "ncp_iam_**********************************",
  "createTime": "2024-12-20T04:08:17Z"
}
```