Create an IAM user on AWS
In this article we’ll see how to create an IAM user on AWS.
An AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user is an entity that you create in AWS to represent the person or application that uses it to interact with AWS.
You can create one or more IAM users in your AWS account. You might create an IAM user when someone joins your team, or when you create a new application that needs to make API calls to AWS.
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that helps you securely control access to AWS resources. You use IAM to control who is authenticated (signed in) and authorized (has permissions) to use resources.
When you first create an AWS account, you begin with a single sign-in identity that has complete access to all AWS services and resources in the account. This identity is called the AWS account root user and is accessed by signing in with the email address and password that you used to create the account. We strongly recommend that you do not use the root user for your everyday tasks, even the administrative ones. Instead, adhere to the best practice of using the root user only to create your first IAM user. Then securely lock away the root user credentials and use them to perform only a few account and service management tasks. Follow this link to know more.
To Create this we need to follow necessary steps:
1: Click on Add User
2: Set User Details
3: Set permissions
4: Add tags (optional)
5: Review and Create
6: Download .csv file
START:
1: Click on Add User
To create IAM user on AWS click on Add user button
2: Set User Details
Enter the user name and select Programmatic access from AWS Access Type and click on Next: Permissions
3: Set permissions
From here you can add multiple permissions of AWS that will require for your IAM user. Here we have 3 permission tab:
a) Add User to group
b) Copy Permission from existing user
c) Attach existing policies directly
You can choose your permission from any of these three permissions. After Selecting your permissions click on Next: Tags
4: Add tags (optional)
IAM tags are key-value pairs you can add to your user. Tags can include user information, such as an email address, or can be descriptive, such as a job title. You can use the tags to organize, track, or control access for this user. After filling such details click on Next: Review
5: Review and Create
The last and final step is to review and create an AWS IAM uses, review this section before Creating IAM user user. Click on Create user this will create an AWS IAM user.
6: Download .csv file
After Creating IAM user you’ll get a .csv file having Access key ID and Secret access key that’ll use to give access of your Instance and File. I recommended you to download this file in your system for further reference.
Conclusion
This is kind of the basic method to create an AWS IAM user. If you liked this article, feel free to give it a clap or two and if you have any questions or queries, please leave them in the comments below.
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