IAM and CLI

Question 1

Users

Answer 1

Mapped to a physical user, has a password for AWS console

Question 2

Groups

Answer 2

Contain users only

Question 3

JSON

Answer 3

document that outlines permissions for users or groups

Question 4

Roles

Answer 4

IAM entity that defines a set of permissions for making requests to AWS services and will be used by an AWS service

Question 5

Security

Answer 5

MFA+ Password Policy

Question 6

AWS CLI

Answer 6

manage your AWS services using the command line

Question 7

AWS SDK

Answer 7

manage your AWS services using a programming language

Question 8

Access Keys

Answer 8

access AWS using the CLI or SDK

Question 9

Audit

Answer 9

IAM Credentials Reports and IAM Access Adviser

Question 10

IAM Best Practice

Answer 10

Don’t use the root user account, grant least privilige

Question 11

Policies

Answer 11

JSON documents that define a set of permissions for making request to AWS services, and can be used by IAM users, groups and roles

Question 12

What statements do IAM policy consist of?

Answer 12

Sid, Effect, Principal, Action, Resource and Condition

Question 13

IAM Credentials Report

Answer 13

IAM Security tool that lists all your AWS Account’s IAM Users and the status of their various credentials.