Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User**

**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred 

Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard

**What is an EC2 in AWS?**

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service that allows users to rent virtual servers on the AWS cloud, offering scalability, flexibility, and pay-as-you-go pricing.

On the EC2 dashboard click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 instances

Click on the **Launch instances** button from the top right of the page

Create an Amazon Linux EC2 Instance with the name of "**SQS Instance**"

Refer to this guide to learn how to create an EC2 Instance\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS__Creating_your_first_EC2_Instance__Xcu7ZVCdRfWx56YVktKgbQ>

To create a new **Role**, type **IAM** in the search bar and click on **IAM** to view the IAM Dashboard

**What is IAM?**

IAM (Identity and Access Management) is a service provided by AWS that enables users to securely control access to AWS resources by managing users, groups, and permissions.

On the IAM dashboard, on the left bar click on the **Roles** 

**Roles** wizard will open, on the top right corner click on the **Create role** button

**Select trusted entity** wizard will open, select the option **AWS service**

**What is the Trusted Entity type?**

AWS Trusted Entity Type "AWS Service" refers to granting permissions to AWS services to perform actions on your behalf.

Scroll to the **Use case** section, from the dropdown select the option **EC2**

Scroll to the **Choose a use case for the specified service** section and select the option **EC2**

Here we are choosing trusted entity as EC2 service, allowing EC2 instances to call AWS service on your behalf

Scroll the page and click on the **Next** button

**Add permissions** wizard will open, scroll to the **Permissions policies** section and select the Policy name **AWSLambdaSQSQueueExecutionRole**

**What is AWSLambdaSQSQueueExecutionRole?**

AWSLambdaSQSQueueExecutionRole is an AWS IAM role used to grant permissions to Lambda functions to interact with SQS queues.

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to send and receive SQS messages from an EC2 instance.

Sending and Receiving SQS Messages from an EC2 instance