Creating an IAM Console user

Perform the following steps to create an AWS IAM user using your root account:

1. Log in to your AWS Console using your root account, search for IAM Service in the search bar, and click on Identity and Access Management (IAM). We need to create a new IAM user, so click on the Users link in the left panel and click on the Add users button:

Figure 15.1 – The IAM Users screen

2. Provide a name for your new user. We are using console_user for this user. Check the option Provide user access to the AWS Management Console - optional. Under the Are you providing console access to a person? question, select the I want to create and IAM user radio button. Click Next to provide appropriate access to this new user:

Figure 15.2 – The Add user details screen

3. On the next screen, we need to choose what kind of access this new user will have in the AWS environment. We can do that...