Skip to content

013 iam introduction

Create a user

Step 1. Specify user details

✓ Provide user access to the AWS Management Console - optional
Are you providing console access to a person?
✓ I want to create an IAM user
Console password
✓ Custom password
◯ Users must create a new password at next sign-in

Step 2. Set permissions

[Permissions options]
✓ Add user to group
[Create group]
User group name
= admin
✓ AdministratorAccess
[User groups]
✓ admin

Step 3. Review and create

[Tags]
Key = Department
Value = Engineering

IAM Dashboard

[AWS Account]
Account Alias
= msisdev