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AWS IAM for Beginners: Understanding Roles

IAM Roles — Another "Who" in the IAM Family If you check the AWS docs, they say: “An IAM role is similar to an IAM user in that it is an AWS identity with permission policies that determine what the identity can and cannot do. However, instead of being uniquely associated with one person, a role is intended to be assumable by anyone who needs it.” Yeah… not exactly clear at first glance. Let me break it down with an example.

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AWS IAM for Beginners: Understanding Roles

IAM Roles — Another "Who" in the IAM Family

If you check the AWS docs, they say:

“An IAM role is similar to an IAM user in that it is an AWS identity with permission policies that determine what the identity can and cannot do. However, instead of being uniquely associated with one person, a role is intended to be assumable by anyone who needs it.”

Yeah… not exactly clear at first glance.

Let me break it down with an example.

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