Glossary term
What is IAM role?
In Apex Flow Academy, "IAM role" means: A set of permissions that someone or something can temporarily take on. It has no password of its own. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup. Related terms include IAM user, Policy, IAM and Least privilege.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is IAM role?
A set of permissions that someone or something can temporarily take on. It has no password of its own.
Where is IAM role taught?
IAM role is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which terms are related to IAM role?
Next to IAM role in the course glossaries: IAM user, Policy, IAM, Least privilege, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Shared responsibility model, Root user and Budget.
IAM userPolicyIAMLeast privilegeMulti-factor authentication (MFA)Shared responsibility modelRoot userBudget
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn IAM role?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.