AWS IAM Core Concepts You NEED to Know

IAM (Identity and Access Management) is a foundational concept/service in AWS. If you're just getting started on your cloud journey, you NEED to understand this well.
In this video, I walk through what IAM is and how it is used to grant permissions to access other AWS services. I walk you through what IAM is through a practical example, and explain concepts such as IAM Policies, IAM Roles, Permissions, IAM Groups, IAM Trust Relationships, and many more concepts.
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no one mentioned how important the voice of a speaker is. So calm and clear enough. I’ve watched lots of tech tutoring videos and your presentation is the smoothest. Appreciate it!

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[@ruixue6955]

0:29 IAM stands for 1:24 *policy* - authorization to perform an action depends on 2:07 example 3:09 *policy* document 3:26 statement - an array telling what we are allowed or not allowed to do 3:40 Sid 3:49 Effect 5:38 Action 5:50 6:30 3 different ways to interact with aws 7:47 *access key and secret access key* 8:39 13:44 other important concept 13:51 groups

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[@BeABetterDev]

Thank you so much for your kind words Pawel!

[@filthyE]

Such a crystal clear explanation of the various concepts of AWS IAM. SO much better than the official AWS docs lol

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Thank you, this is a million times better than the ridiculously complex tutorials and hour long lectures aws offers lol. Saved me so much time and headaches.

[@antwanwimberly1729]

Yah the long lectures aren’t where it’s at I’ll agree. You do need to be exposed to complexity tho as you’re likely to run into these scenarios on the job.

[@jasonp7195]

Great content my friend. It has been mentioned here multiple times so I will just reiterate the sentiment. Your voice is one that is easy to listen to. You speak clearly, present the important facts and as you said, "need to see it visually" and since I am gunning for a few AWS certs by September, your instructions will come in very handy over the next few weeks so thank you very much! You have a new subscriber!

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The delivery of speech steady that even my mom can make out the stuffs❤

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Crystal clear and perfect.

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No doubts left after watching this video. Thank you so much for such for creating it.

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Wow! AWS concepts have been driven home! Thankyou so much for the content.

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thank you for explaining it in simple words

[@pradeephmkumar]

Clean,Clear,Crisp IAM Video......Thank You....Your Awesome

[@saltdomeguy]

Clear and concise explanation of a difficult and overlooked important subject. Thanks Daniel!

[@MrDevilwing]

this cleared alot of my quires related to IAM

[@BeABetterDev]

Glad I was able to help!

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It is such a refreshing relief to hear a clear, well-spoken American voice for this topic! Thank you!

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I’m studying for CLF-01 Exam and your videos are super helpful!

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very beautifully explained, especially the summary. Thanks!

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Thanks. Crystal clear explanation.

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Awesome Explanation

[@nsumankrishna]

Thanks for the amazing content, it is so clear and concise. Your channel would be to my go to channel on KZbin for any Aws related concepts. Thanks again !!

[@balas792]

Excellent Explanation of IAM - Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, Trust Relationship and above all the way it is presented in a soothing voice, Hats off

[@Ella15745]

Your video is exceptionally well put together. Helps me to pass my CCP exam next Wednesday. Thank you for helping me out! Really appreciate your time and effort.

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Great visual presentation. Appreciate your effort to make this information clearly understandable

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This was great. Plain English, straight forward, perfect pace. Nice work!

[@BeABetterDev]

You're very welcome!

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Great content!! Tks a lot

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Great explanation!

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I subscribed at first watch...neat, clear and short! Thank you!

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thanks, very clear

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Great presentation, thanks for sharing!

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Thanks Daniel , very clear and precise information. Your voice is really appealing to listen to.. Keep up the good job and assistant us more with your good videos.

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this video is just amazing. Crystal clear.

[@BeABetterDev]

Thank you!

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I love this video and especially the recap last few seconds, so helpful, thx

[@BeABetterDev]

You're very welcome Ganesh!

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It was really helpful for me, the way you explained it with examples is excellent. Loved it.

[@BeABetterDev]

Thanks Mehedi, glad you enjoyed!

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Great content!

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The best video after which you can dive into docs yourself

[@BeABetterDev]

Thanks Jelena!

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Wow. In 20mins you got the fundamentals of IAM straight for me. Can't thank enough...

[@BeABetterDev]

You're very welcome!

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[@BeABetterDev]

Thanks a ton!

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Thank you!

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You're very welcome Wu!

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Perfect explaining, thanks a lot

[@BeABetterDev]

Glad it was helpful!

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Very well explained. Very useful. Thank you very much Sir.

[@BeABetterDev]

Thanks so much Shashikant!

[@PraneetCastelino]

This is amazing. I have been working with AWS for a while and needed a refresher in IAM concepts as I prepare to sit my SA cert. Keep up the good work.

[@BeABetterDev]

Thanks so much for your kind words - I'm glad the video was helpful! Daniel

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Spot on !

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Thanks Dev!

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Thanks Abdul! Glad you enjoyed :)

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[@mostinho7]

5:38 Policy documents provide authorization for a user to perform actions Can also be used to deny actions 10:30 example of giving read only access to specific columns in dynamodb 14:00 groups for people managing aws for an org When working with aws don’t use your root account instead create users to protect root Policy simulator to debug policy statements to find out what’s blocking authorization when trying to perform actions

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A practical demo in follow up (part 2) would have made it just perrrfect.

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[@pradeepck1999]

What a nice video. Explained so nicely. Where would i go to get more information on what the difference between role and user is, as well as the reasoning behind the design decisions of this model?

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He’s already done that. Browse the archives

[@md.n.a.s.8851]

you missed resource based policy

[@phyoewaipaing6670]

Good video explantion! I have one question: if the service/user and the target resource are in the same AWS account and though we can possibly create role, we do not need to assume it, right ? I think assume role will only work between separate AWS accounts.

[@Ali-Aljufairi]

I have used AWS for over a year Finally I don't have to brute force my poilies

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Greate video. I have a question about this video and the rest of the at all. So, where can I find a presentation? Is it public somewhere?

[@treepiesinc1418]

great video thank you. around 15-16 min, can we call lambda resource or service and not software application?

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You didn't speak about SSO. Have you made already a video on this topic?

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[@BeABetterDev]

Glad it helped!

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[@rollingc2013]

Hey, is this statement correct. Roles, Users and Groups are assigned policies which are made up of permissions.

[@Olamike_]

Great video , but quick question on I am role, What if you have a deny policy doc to dynamodb to a user and that same user assume a role that allow dynamodb, What will work?

[@BeABetterDev]

Deny always takes priority even if there is an allow statement. This image from the AWS documentation provides more detail on how IAM makes decisions: docs.aws.amazon.com/images/IAM/latest/UserGuide/images/PolicyEvaluationHorizontal111621.png

[@marketingdesigncoding4707]

is there a possible security flaw at 12:00 of your video where you did dynamodb:*:*:etc... would you be giving read access to any table/MyTable, what if someone is using the same table name in a different account?

[@Nikhil-dp2mw]

Aren't policies associated with groups and not users?

[@harib737]

I don't really understand why there has to be a explicit DENY effect. If a ALLOW policy is not associated to an User for a resource, the User do not have access to that resource implicitly. Security groups for instances are designed that way. Default is Denied unless it is allowed explicitly. IAM seem to be confusing by having this DENY category.

[@santanadhama9004]

It's probably coz you could allow access to a group, and then particularly "deny" access to a single user in a group.

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[@sanghunlee9946]

wow I thought it was standing Intergrated Access Management I was wrong

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