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IAM Users and Groups

Create IAM users, organise them into groups, and assign group-level permissions to simplify access management.

What Is AWS IAM?

AWS IAM controls who can sign in and what they're allowed to do. It's free and built on three pieces: users, groups, and roles. 🔐

IAM Users: Individual Identities

An IAM user is one person or app. It can have a console password to log in by hand, plus access keys for code. Best practice: always turn on MFA.

# Create a new IAM user
aws iam create-user --user-name alice

# Create console access (requires setting login profile)
aws iam create-login-profile \
  --user-name alice \
  --password 'Temp@1234!' \
  --password-reset-required

All lessons in this course

  1. IAM Users and Groups
  2. IAM Roles and Policies
  3. Least-Privilege Principle
  4. IAM Best Practices and MFA
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