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Balamanikandan S
Balamanikandan S

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AWS IAM Hands-on Quick Checklist

๐Ÿ‘ค Users & Groups
Create an IAM user (with or without programmatic access)

Create an IAM group (e.g., โ€œDevelopersโ€ or โ€œAdminsโ€)

Attach policies to the group (like AmazonEC2FullAccess)

Add the user to the group

๐Ÿ” Permissions & Policies
Create a custom IAM policy (JSON-based)

Attach the policy to a user, group, or role

Use IAM Policy Simulator to test permissions

๐ŸŒ€ Roles
Create a role for EC2 (with policy like AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess)

Attach the role to an EC2 instance

Test access from inside EC2 (e.g., use AWS CLI to access S3)

๐Ÿ” MFA & Security
Enable MFA for an IAM user

Try console login and verify MFA works

Review and rotate access keys

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MR. Arshad Iqbal •

Nice

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Balamanikandan S •

Thanks sir