AWS IAM (IAM)

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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) manages users, roles, and permissions for AWS resources.

Common permissions

iam:CreateRoleiam:DeleteRoleiam:GetRoleiam:ListRolesiam:CreateUseriam:DeleteUseriam:GetUseriam:ListUsers

Least-privilege example

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:CreateUser",
        "iam:DeleteUser",
        "iam:GetUser",
        "iam:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Warnings

Avoid iam:* — grants full control including deletion of roles and users.
Avoid iam:PassRole without conditions — can allow privilege escalation.

Resources

AWS referenceservicereference.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/iam/iam.json ↗

API

full doc /v1/iam/iam