Day 16.Create IAM User

Published: (December 12, 2025 at 09:34 AM EST)
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Lab Information

When establishing infrastructure on the AWS cloud, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is among the first and most critical services to configure. IAM facilitates the creation and management of user accounts, groups, roles, policies, and other access controls. The Nautilus DevOps team is currently in the process of configuring these resources and has outlined the following requirement:

  • Create an IAM user named iamuser_rose.

Lab Solutions

Step‑By‑Step Instructions (AWS Console)

  1. Log in to AWS Console
    Use your provided console URL and credentials.

  2. Open IAM Service
    In the AWS Console search bar → type IAM → click IAM to open the Identity and Access Management dashboard.

  3. Create the IAM User

    • On the left menu → click Users.
    • Click Create user.
    • In the User name field → enter iamuser_rose.
    • Click Next.
    • Click Create user.

    Create user step 1

    Create user step 2

    Create user step 3

Resources & Next Steps

Credits

  • All labs are from: KodeKloud
  • I sincerely appreciate your provision of these valuable resources.
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