To create an IAM user, log in as the root user and access the IAM Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam:
- Select users in the left-hand menu and click on Add user, as shown in the following screenshot:
- The Add user wizard gets launched, as shown next. First, specify the User name (dvohra).
- Select the AWS Management Console access option, which enables a password that allows the IAM user to log in to the Console:
- For Console Password, select the Custom password option and specify a password in the field provided. Select the Require password reset option, which requires a user to create a new password at the next login. Users are automatically granted the IAMUserChangePassword policy, which allows a user to change their password. Click on Next.
- Next, configure permissions. Click on Attach existing policy directly, as shown here:
- In the Policy type filter, search for ECS and select the two policies listed next. AmazonECS_FullAccess provides administrative access to Amazon ECS resources. AmazonECSTaskExecutionRole provides access to the other AWS resources that are required by ECS:
- Search for the Config in Policy type filter and select the AWS Config policies shown next. Click on Next:
In Review, review the Permissions Summary, and the IAMUserChangePassword policy should also be listed. Click on Create user. An IAM user gets added, as indicated by the Success message. This IAM user gets listed in the users table as shown here. We shall use the IAM user with Amazon Fargate in subsequent chapters:
