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Creating and Assuming an Administrator AWS IAM Role

In this Hands-on Lab we are going to work through creating a brand-new IAM Role within your AWS Sandbox account. This IAM Role will be granted Administrator Access permissions within the same account.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Feb 02, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create IAM Role

    • Create a brand-new IAM role named CSAA_AdministratorTest and attach the AWS-managed policy titled AdministratorAccess.
    • Copy the IAM Trust Policy from the lab GitHub repo and update %REPLACE_WITH_ACCOUNT_ID% with your account ID. This policy will only allow an IAM identity with your cloud_user ARN to assume the role

    The naming convention for this step is critical to avoid conflicts in future steps!

  2. Challenge

    Assume the IAM Role

    After creation, test assumption of the IAM role using the Switch Role console option.

  3. Challenge

    Create & Deploy CloudFormation Template of IAM Role

    • After the role is verified to be working, create a new CloudFormation template that mimics the newly created IAM role. This allows for easy future deployment when required.
    • To do this, copy and run the template code for which ever language you choose in Designer.

    YAML Template Code

    JSON Template Code

    • When prompted, you must name the stack AdministratorAccessRole

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