Create IAM Group and IAM User

Setting Up Administrative Access with IAM

ℹ️ Overview In this section, you will establish secure administrative access by configuring IAM Groups and Users following AWS best practices. This includes:

  • Creating an IAM Group with administrative permissions
  • Adding an IAM User with appropriate credentials
  • Implementing secure login procedures

🔒 Security Implementation Steps

  1. Create an IAM Group and configure administrative permissions
  2. Create a new IAM User and add them to the administrative group
  3. Set up secure login credentials and verify administrative access

⚠️ Important Note Carefully document and securely store the login credentials created during this process. These credentials will be required for subsequent lab exercises and administrative tasks.

💡 Pro Tip Following AWS security best practices, we’re using IAM Groups to manage permissions instead of attaching policies directly to individual users. This approach simplifies administration and improves security governance.

Lab Modules

  1. Create Admin Group
  2. Create Admin User
  3. Log in to AWS account with Admin User