How To Create AWS IAM User ?

What is AWS IAM User?

AWS offers Identity and Access Management (IAM) so that its customers can control who or what can see and use their services and resources. AWS admins can create users and groups and grant them access to resources through policies. Policy-based access control allow or deny decisions that come from a centralized control point.

Step by step procedure to create IAM User :

Step 1 : log in to your AWS account and go to services and select ‘IAM’.

Select IAM.

Step 2 : In IAM select Users and then click on ‘Add User’ to start creating user.

Go To Users.

Click On Add Users

Step 3 : After Clicking on add user you have to provide information they asks which is ‘user details’ after providing details click on next and then set your permissions as per your needs and click next.

Specify User Details.

Set Permissions.

Step 4 : After providing user details and permissions review your provided information and if you want to provide tag you can do that as well in review and create step after done reviewing click on ‘Create’ to create your IAM user account.

Review Your Information.

Click On ‘Create user’ to create user.

And this is how you create AWS IAM User.