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Create Read-Only IAM Policy for EC2 Console Access

How to Set Up an IAM Policy for Read-Only Access to the EC2 Console

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Create Read-Only IAM Policy for EC2 Console Access
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Tasks

  • Create an IAM policy named iampolicy_rose in us-east-1 region, it must allow read-only access to the EC2 console, i.e this policy must allow users to view all instances, AMIs, and snapshots in the Amazon EC2 console.

Steps

  1. Select Policies under IAM.

  2. IAM → Policies → Create Policy

  3. Specify permissions → Select a service

  4. Read-only access to the EC2 console

  5. Name Policy and create

  6. Policy iampolicy_rose created.

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