What is the exact difference between an AWS IAM user and an IAM role, and which one should I be attaching to an EC2 instance hosting my portfolio website?
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What is the exact difference between an AWS IAM user and an IAM role, and which one should I be attaching to an EC2 instance hosting my portfolio website?
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AWS IAM roles for EC2 instance profiles temporary credentials IAM user best practices official documentationGoogle ↗
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AWS IAM roles for EC2 instance profiles temporary credentials IAM user best practices official documentation Google ↗
- Use an IAM role to grant permissions to applications running on Amazon EC2 instances · docs.aws.amazon.com
- IAM roles for Amazon EC2 · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Assign an IAM role to an EC2 instance · repost.aws
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Best Practices · aws.amazon.com
- Use temporary credentials with AWS resources · docs.aws.amazon.com