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How does IAM AWS work?

IAM allows you to create and manage users and groups — and assign permissions to allow or deny their access. With IAM, you can give other users access to your AWS account without sharing root use credentials or access keys, and you can restrict their access in a granular way.

What is IAM permissions in AWS?

Permissions let you specify access to AWS resources. Permissions are granted to IAM entities (users, groups, and roles) and by default these entities start with no permissions. In other words, IAM entities can do nothing in AWS until you grant them your desired permissions.

Where can I find IAM role in AWS?

Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/ .

1. On the dashboard, choose Launch instance.
2. Select an AMI and instance type and then choose Next: Configure Instance Details.
3. On the Configure Instance Details page, for IAM role, select the IAM role that you created.

How do I give permission to an IAM user?

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/ .

1. Choose Users in the navigation pane, choose the name of the user whose permissions you want to modify, and then choose the Permissions tab.
2. Choose Add permissions, and then choose Copy permissions from existing user.

What does IAM aim to ensure?

The overarching goal for IAM is to ensure that any given identity has access to the right resources (applications, databases, networks, etc.) and within the correct context.

Can IAM role assume another IAM role?

Because this IAM role is assumed by an IAM user, you must specify a principal that allows IAM users to assume that role. For example, a principal similar to arn:aws:iam::123456789012:root allows all IAM identities of the account to assume that role.

How do I assign IAM role to IAM user?

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/ .

1. In the navigation pane of the console, choose Roles and then choose Create role.
2. Choose the Another AWS account role type.
3. For Account ID, type the AWS account ID to which you want to grant access to your resources.

How do I know if IAM a role?

To view role-last-used information in the IAM Console, select Roles in the IAM navigation pane, then look for the Last activity column (see Figure 1 below). This displays the number of days that have passed since each role made an AWS service request. AWS records last-used information for the trailing 400 days.

How do I know my role in IAM?

Under the AWS Management Console section, choose the role you want to view. On the Selected role page, under Manage users and groups for this role, you can view the users and groups assigned to the role.

How do I assign a role to an IAM user in AWS?

How do I find my Iam role in AWS?

Test Your Roles’ Access Policies Using the AWS Identity and Access Management Policy Simulator

1. Click Amazon DynamoDB in the Select service dropdown list.
2. Click Select All to simulate all DynamoDB actions for your role.
3. Click RDS in the Select service dropdown list.
4. Click Select All to test all RDS actions for your role.