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Introduction
Creating and managing IAM users from an EC2 instance involves a few steps to ensure proper security and access control. Here’s a general guide on how to accomplish this:
Step 1:
Create a EC2 instance.
step 2:
Connect to your EC2 instance using SSH.
open your terminal and run the following command
ssh -i path_to_your_key.pem ec2-user@your_ec2_public_dns
step 3:
create a new user
once connected to your EC2 instance, you can create a new user.
Use this command,replace new_username with the desired username:
sudo adduser new_username
Step 4:
set a password for the new user.
use the following code:
sudo passwd new_username
step 5:
verify the new user.
To verify that the user has been created successfully, use this command:
cat /etc/passwd
In conclusion, managing IAM users from your EC2 instance involves leveraging the AWS CLI and adhering to best practices for security and access control.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Rashmitha v