Paul Ligocki

AWS IAM Essentials

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AWS IAM Essentials

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Policy

Create

Create a new IAM policy from a JSON file

aws iam create-policy --policy-name NewPolicy --policy-document file://policy.json

Attach To Role

Attach IAM policy to a role

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name NEW_ROLE --policy-arn "<NEW_POLICY_ARN>"

Role

Create

Create a new I am Role

aws iam create-role --role-name NEW_ROLE --assume-role-policy-document file://policy.json

List Attached Policy

List policies attached to a role

aws iam list-attached-role-policies --role-name NEW_ROLE

List Roles

aws iam list-roles

Instance Profile

Create

Create a new Instance Profile

aws iam create-instance-profile --instance-profile-name NEW_PROFILE

Add Role to Instance Profile

Attach a role to an instance profile

aws iam add-role-to-instance-profile --instance-profile-name NEW_PROFILE --role-name NEW_ROLE

Get Instance Profile

aws iam get-instance-profile --instance-profile-name NEW_PROFILE

Associate Instance Profile With EC2 Instance

aws ec2 associate-iam-instance-profile --instance-id i-999999999 --iam-instance-profile Name="NEW_PROFILE"
  • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iam/index.html
  • https://aws.amazon.com/iam/
  • https://policysim.aws.amazon.com/home/index.jsp

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