This document provides steps to manage identity and access on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using Identity and Access Management (IAM). It describes how to launch the AWS portal, navigate to IAM, create user groups and assign permissions, generate security credentials for users, add users to groups, and manage passwords and permissions for users. The steps include creating an "effoneblr" group with administrator access permissions, generating credentials for new users, adding users to the group, and assigning a custom password and access policy to a selected user.

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Table of Contents
Overview.......................................................................................................................................................1
Applies To......................................................................................................................................................1
Launch – Amazon AWS Portal.......................................................................................................................1
Login - Amazon AWS Portal ..........................................................................................................................1
Identity and Access Management.................................................................................................................1
IAM - Dashboard.......................................................................................................................................2
IAM Group – Manage Security Credentials – Launch ...............................................................................2
IAM Group – Manage Security Credentials – Confirm..............................................................................2
IAM Group – Your Security Credentials ....................................................................................................3
IAM Group – Users....................................................................................................................................3
IAM Group – Create New Group...............................................................................................................3
IAM Group – Set Group Name..............................................................................................................4
IAM Group – Set Permissions – Policy Template..................................................................................4
IAM Group – Set Permissions – Policy Name........................................................................................5
IAM Group – Review .............................................................................................................................5
IAM – Add Users to Group........................................................................................................................6
IAM – Create New Users...........................................................................................................................6
IAM – Enter User Names...........................................................................................................................6
IAM – Show User Created Users...............................................................................................................7
IAM – Download Credentials ....................................................................................................................7
Save Credentials File (CSV Format).......................................................................................................8
Add Users – Security Group..........................................................................................................................8
Add Users – Choose Group .......................................................................................................................8
Users – Group Actions...............................................................................................................................8
Add Users to Group – Choose Users.........................................................................................................9
Users - Manage Password.............................................................................................................................9
Manage Password – Assign a custom password...................................................................................9
Manage Password – Set Password......................................................................................................10
Manage User Permissions – Attach Policy..............................................................................................10
Manage User Permissions – Apply Policy ...........................................................................................10

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Overview
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Applies To
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Launch – Amazon AWS Portal
Launch the Amazon AWS Portal; https://aws.amazon.com and click on “Sign In to the Console”.
Login - Amazon AWS Portal
Enter the Account, User Name and Password and click on “Sign In” button to login to the AWS portal.
Identity and Access Management
After login into AWS Portal first and foremost thing, which we need to do is create Identity for access
control and key management. Click “Identity & Access Management”.

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IAM - Dashboard
Next step is the create IAM Resources, such as Users, Groups, Roles and Identity Provider(s). Click on
“Delete your root access keys”.
IAM Group – Manage Security Credentials – Launch
By default there would not be any root access keys, click on “Manage Security Credentials” to create a
new credentials.
IAM Group – Manage Security Credentials – Confirm
To continue, click on the “Continue Security Credentials” button.

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IAM Group – Your Security Credentials
To set the password, click on “Click here”.
IAM Group – Users
Next step is to create users, to create users; click “Users”.
IAM Group – Create New Group
Next step is to create a new group, to create a new group; click “Groups”  “Create New Group”.

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IAM Group – Set Group Name
Set the new group name, we are creating “effoneblr” group.
IAM Group – Set Permissions – Policy Template

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IAM Group – Set Permissions – Policy Name
Upon choosing the policy for the group, policy permission is displayed; to accept default rule, click on
“Next Step”
IAM Group – Review
After setting permissions and the required Policies for the group; in this case we have added Administrator
Access policy.

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IAM – Add Users to Group
After adding the group, you need to add users to group, to add click on “Add Users to Group”.
IAM – Create New Users
In the next step, click on “Create New Users” button; to create new user.
IAM – Enter User Names
In the next step, enter login ID and click on “Create” button.

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IAM – Show User Created Users
After creating the users, click on “Show User Security Credentials” to view the user’s credentials
information.
IAM – Download Credentials
Upon creating the user’s successfully; click on “Download Credentials” to download the user credentials
file.

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Save Credentials File (CSV Format)
Click on “Save” option to the credentials csv format file.
Add Users – Security Group
User should be part of one or more group(s) to access the instances created on the Amazon EC2.
Add Users – Choose Group
Navigate to Groups  select the group name of the security group.
Users – Group Actions
From the “Group Actions” option click on Add users to the Group.

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Add Users to Group – Choose Users
After selecting the group, select the users as to who would be part of the security group and click on “Add
Users”.
Users - Manage Password
Select the user from the list of users and click on “Manage Password”.
Manage Password – Assign a custom password
Choose “Assign a custom password”.

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Manage Password – Set Password
Choose “Assign a custom password” and set the new password and confirm new password and click on
“Apply” button.
Manage User Permissions – Attach Policy
Users can be granted one or more permissions, to grant permission to a user, choose the user and “Select”
on Policy to be assigned.
Manage User Permissions – Apply Policy
Users can be granted one or more permissions, to grant permission to a user, choose the user and “Select”
on Policy to be assigned.

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