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What is an IAM profile?
An instance profile is a container for an IAM role that you can use to pass role information to an EC2 instance when the instance starts.
What is IAM PassRole used for?
The PassRole permission helps you make sure that a user doesn’t pass a role to an EC2 instance where the role has more permissions than you want the user to have. For example, Alice might be allowed to perform only EC2 and S3 actions.
Where can I find IAM instance profile?
Open the Amazon EC2 console, and then choose Instances. Choose the instance that you want to attach an IAM role to. Check the IAM role under the Details pane to confirm if an IAM role is attached to the Amazon EC2 instance.
How do I create an IAM instance profile?
Create an IAM instance profile for your Amazon EC2 instances (console) Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/ . In the IAM console, in the navigation pane, choose Policies, and then choose Create policy.
How do I give someone a S3 bucket?
Create a user with access to the bucket
- Go to the Amazon AWS IAM Management Console.
- Click Users on the side-bar.
- Click the Add users button.
- Enter atensoftware as the User name.
- Check the Programmatic access checkbox for Access type.
- Click the Next: Permissions button.
- Select Attach existing policies directly.
How do I grant I PassRole?
Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/ . Choose Roles, and then choose Create role. Choose the AWS Service role type, and then choose the Amazon RDS Role for Enhanced Monitoring service. Then choose Next: Permissions.
What is the difference between an instance role and an instance profile?
Roles are designed to be “assumed” by other principals which do define “who am I?”, such as users, Amazon services, and EC2 instances. An instance profile, on the other hand, defines “who am I?” Just like an IAM user represents a person, an instance profile represents EC2 instances.
What is instance profile name in AWS?
If you use the AWS Management Console to create a role for Amazon EC2, the console automatically creates an instance profile and gives it the same name as the role. When you then use the Amazon EC2 console to launch an instance with an IAM role, you can select a role to associate with the instance.
What is the difference between IAM role and instance profile?
An Instance Profile is a container for a single IAM Role. A typical convention is to create an IAM Role and an Instance Profile of the same name for clarity. An EC2 Instance cannot be assigned a Role directly, but it can be assigned an Instance Profile which contains a Role.