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MANAGE ACCESS TO EC2 SERVICES WITH RESOURCE TAGS THROUGH IAM SERVICES

Overview

This exercise will guide us through the process of controlling access to EC2 services using Resource Tags. It involves configuring IAM (Identity and Access Management) policies and roles with specific permissions. Utilizing Resource Tags is particularly advantageous as we move towards a more decentralized administration model.

In this exercise, we will create policies and roles tailored for specific users, such as the EC2 Administrator. These policies will only grant permissions to the EC2 Administrator to create related resources when certain requirements are met and are based on specific Resource Tags.

AWS IAM

Objective

  • Implement the principle of IAM least privilege.
  • Define IAM policies with conditional statements (IAM policy conditions).

Prerequisites

  • An AWS account is required for testing purposes.
  • An IAM user (with Multi-Factor Authentication configured) must be able to perform the assume role task.

Note: This lab may not be suitable if your AWS account only has access to one Region.

Main Content

  1. Introduction
  2. Preparation Steps
  3. Create IAM Policy
  4. Create IAM Role
  5. Policy Verification
  6. Resource Cleanup