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
Type **IAM** in the search bar and click on **IAM** to view the IAM Dashboard
**What is IAM in AWS?** IAM stands for Identity and Access Management, and it's a key service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). IAM allows you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. With IAM, you can create and manage users, groups, and roles, and define permissions to allow or deny access to AWS resources.
On the **IAM Dashboard,** click on the **Policies** from the left bar
**Policies** wizard will open, click on the **AdministratorAccess** policy
**What is the AdministratorAccess policy in AWS?** The AdministratorAccess policy in AWS is a predefined managed policy that grants full access to all AWS services and resources within an AWS account. When you attach this policy to an IAM user, group, or role, the entity associated with it gains unrestricted access to perform any action on any resource within the AWS environment.
**AdministratorAccess** wizard will open, and scroll the page to view the policy permissions
On the right side click on the button **JSON** to view the JSON code
On the **Permissions defined in this policy** section you can view the JSON code
Click on the **Users** from the left bar
**Users** wizard will open, click on the **in28minutes-ops-user**
Refer to this guide to learn how to create the **in28minutes-ops-user** IAM user\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_Operations_IAM_User__5JyMzA1rRUmvp81UmVh3gA>
**in28minutes-ops-user** will open, scroll the page and click on the **AmazonEC2FullAccess** policy
**What is the AmazonEC2FullAccess policy in AWS?** The AmazonEC2FullAccess policy in AWS is a predefined managed policy that grants full access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) resources and related services. When you attach this policy to an IAM user, group, or role, the entity associated with it gains unrestricted access to perform any action related to EC2 instances, such as creating, modifying, and terminating instances, as well as managing associated resources like Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes, security groups, and snapshots.
**AmazonEC2FullAccess** wizard will open, and scroll the page to view the services allowed for this policy
Click on the **JSON** to view JSON code
To create a new policy, click on the **Policies** from the left bar
On the **Policies** wizard, click on the **Create policy** button on the right side
**Specify permissions** wizard will open, click on the **Actions** button dropdown and select **Import policy** button on the right side