Effective DevOps with AWS

Creating a new user in IAM

In this section, we will create and configure accounts for different individuals who need access to AWS. For now, we will keep things simple and only create an account for ourselves, as follows:

1. Navigate to the Identity and Access Management menu in the AWS console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/).
2. Choose Users from the navigation pane.
3. Create a new user (for you), and make sure to keep the Generate an access key for each user checkbox checked.
4. On the next screen, click on Download Credentials and then close.
5. Back in the Users menu, click on your user to access the Details page.
6. In the Permissions tab, click on Attach Policy.

 

7. Select the checkbox next to AdministratorAccess. Then, click on Attach Policy ...