AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

AWS Identity and Access Management Overview

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a free service from Amazon that allows you to create users and manage permissions for each user within your AWS account.

A user is an identity within your AWS account with unique security credentials that can be used to access AWS services. IAM eliminates the need to share passwords or access keys and makes it easy to enable or disable a user's access as appropriate.

IAM offers greater flexibility, control and security when using AWS.

CS Browser Freeware provides an easy-to-use interface for managing IAM users, groups and permissions.

To Open IAM Manager

Click Tools > Access Manager (IAM).

The Access Manager (IAM) dialog will open:

Working with IAM Users - Create, Edit, Delete

To Create a New IAM User

1. Click the New User button.

   

   The Create New IAM User dialog will open:

   

2. Type a name for the new user.

3. Type a path for the new user. This field is optional.

4. Click Create new user.

   The IAM user will be created together with an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

   The New user was successfully created page will open:

   

   Save the Secret Access Key now. AWS does not display it again after you close this dialog. The Access Key ID remains available in Access Keys Manager.

   Click Copy Access Key ID and Secret Access Key to copy both values to the clipboard.

   Click Create another user to create another IAM user, or click Close.

To Edit an Existing IAM User

1. Select the user you want to edit and click Edit User.

   

   The Edit IAM User dialog will open:

   

2. Type a new name for the user.

3. Type a new path for the user. This field is optional.

4. Click Save changes.

To Delete IAM Users

1. Select the users you want to delete and click Delete User.

   

2. Confirm the deletion:

   

Working with IAM Policies - Create, Edit, Delete

To Add a New IAM Policy

1. Select the user and click the New Policy button.

   

   The Add New Policy dialog will open:

   

2. Type a name for the new IAM policy.

3. Specify the IAM policy document.

4. Click Add new policy.

   CS Browser will add the new IAM policy for the selected user.

To Edit an Existing IAM Policy

1. Select the user and policy you want to edit, then click Edit Policy.

   

   The Edit Policy dialog will open:

   

2. Update the policy document and click Save changes.

To Delete IAM Policies

1. Select the user and the policies you want to delete, then click Delete Policy.

   

2. Confirm the deletion: