Initial IAM service set up for your account - AWS Identity and Access Management

Initial IAM service set up for your account

AWS Identity and Access Management is a foundational AWS service, that helps you to securely manage access to your AWS resources. Managing IAM provides a wide range of responsibilities to control user access and permissions, from supporting different user types to managing passwords, permissions, and security credentials. When you are initially setting up your AWS environment, you make decisions about:

  • The URL you use to connect to AWS

  • How you will organize identities in your environment

  • What permissions are required to perform different tasks

  • Which roles you will support in your environment

As you create the different components of your identity and access management system, you might need to refer back to other items that you have worked with in your environment. IAM provides a search feature to help you find things quickly and easily.