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Creating and Managing IAM users from Your EC2 instance

Introduction
Creating and managing IAM users from an EC2 instance involves a few steps to ensure proper security and access control. Here’s a general guide on how to accomplish this:

Step 1:
Create a EC2 instance.

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step 2:
Connect to your EC2 instance using SSH.
open your terminal and run the following command
ssh -i path_to_your_key.pem ec2-user@your_ec2_public_dns

step 3:
create a new user
once connected to your EC2 instance, you can create a new user.
Use this command,replace new_username with the desired username:
sudo adduser new_username

Step 4:
set a password for the new user.
use the following code:
sudo passwd new_username

step 5:
verify the new user.
To verify that the user has been created successfully, use this command:
cat /etc/passwd

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In conclusion, managing IAM users from your EC2 instance involves leveraging the AWS CLI and adhering to best practices for security and access control.

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