What is AWS IAM profile?

If you use the AWS Management Console to create a role for Amazon EC2, the console automatically creates an instance profile and gives it the same name as the role. When you then use the Amazon EC2 console to launch an instance with an IAM role, you can select a role to associate with the instance.

How do I enable RDS IAM authentication?

Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/ .

1. In the navigation pane, choose Databases.
2. Choose the DB instance that you want to modify.
3. Choose Modify.
4. In the Database authentication section, choose Password and IAM database authentication to enable IAM database authentication.
5. Choose Continue.

What is difference between IAM role and instance profile?

Roles are designed to be “assumed” by other principals which do define “who am I?”, such as users, Amazon services, and EC2 instances. An instance profile, on the other hand, defines “who am I?” Just like an IAM user represents a person, an instance profile represents EC2 instances.

How does AWS evaluates IAM permissions?

When an IAM entity (user or role) requests access to a resource within the same account, AWS evaluates all the permissions granted by the identity-based and resource-based policies. If an action is allowed by an identity-based policy, a resource-based policy, or both, then AWS allows the action.

How do I check my AWS IAM policy?

You can access the IAM Policy Simulator Console at: https://policysim.aws.amazon.com/

1. Test policies that are attached to IAM users, user groups, or roles in your AWS account.
2. Test and troubleshoot the effect of permissions boundaries on IAM entities.

How do I assign IAM to RDS?

Open the RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/ .

1. Choose Databases.
2. Choose the name of the Aurora DB cluster that you want to associate an IAM role with to show its details.
3. On the Connectivity & security tab, in the Manage IAM roles section, choose the role to add under Add IAM roles to this cluster.

How do I create an RDS account?

How to create MySQL users accounts and grant privileges

1. Step 1: Create a new database.
2. Step 2: Create a new MySQL user account on AWS RDS.
3. Step 3: Grant privileges to a MySQL user account.
4. Step 4: Test it.
5. Step 5: Revoke privileges from a AWS RDS MySQL user account.
6. Step 6: Delete AWS RDS MySQL user account.