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How To Assign Policy To User Group:
To assign policy to group, we will need ARN which is Amazon unique resource name.
To get ARN of particular policy got to AWS management console by navigating IAM->Policies then click on 'Administrator Access' policy to get ARN of this policy.
Lets assume we want to use 'Administrator Access' policy for IAM group but we can select any other policies from AWS console as per our requirement.
>> aws iam attach-group-policy --policy=EnterpolicyARNHere --group-name pggroup
How To Remove User From IAM Group:
We can use command below to remove any user from IAM group.
>> aws iam remove-user-from-group --group-name pggroup --user-name pgtestuser
Delete IAM Group Using CLI:
>> aws iam delete-group --group-name pggroup
Please make a note, before executing this command we need to detached policy of this group otherwise it will throw error. Like "An error occurred (DeleteConflict) when calling the DeleteGroup operation: Cannot delete entity, must detach all policies first."
So lets first remove policy from this IAM group using command below.
>> aws iam detach-group-policy --policy=EnterPolicyARNHere --group-name pggroup
After executing this command, this group has no users and policies assigned to it.
Now we are ready to remove this IAM group using CLI successfully.
>> aws iam delete-group --group-name pggroup
We can verify this group from AWS console once it has been deleted.
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Before editing DB engine parameters, lets know about DB parameter group.
We can manage DB engine configuration through the parameters in a DB parameter group. A default DB parameter group is created while creating new DB instance. We cannot modify the parameter settings of a default DB parameter group directly.
If we want to edit any existing parameter value then we must create new custom DB parameter group rather than default group. Once you create custom DB parameter group, it will show you all the parameters in list and details like which parameters are editable, default value and parameter type for example dynamic or static.
Some important points about DB parameter group:
When we edit a dynamic parameter and save, the change is applied immediately regardless of the Apply Immediately setting.
When we edit a static parameter and save, the parameter change will take effect after you manually reboot the DB instance.
When we change the DB parameter group associated with a DB instance, you must manually reboot the instance before the new custom DB parameter group is used by the DB instance.
The parameter value can be specified as an integer or as an integer expression built from formulas, variables, functions & operators.
Note:Improperly setting parameters in a DB parameter group can have unintended adverse effects, including degraded performance and system instability. You should try out parameter group setting changes on a test DB instance before applying those parameter group changes to a production DB instance.
Steps To Edit my.ini Parameters Of an Amazon RDS Instance:
1: Sign in to your AWS Management Console and search "RDS" in "AWS Service" search box.
2: Once you find RDS service, Open that Amazon RDS console page.
3: On left side panel click on "Instances" menu, then click on your "DB instance"
4: Click on "Parameter groups" menu from left panel then click on "Create parameter group" button
5: Select "Parameter group family" as per your default parameter group,in my case I will select "mysql5.6"
6: Enter new "Group name" like custom-test-group
7: Enter Description for the DB parameter group
8: Then click on "Create" button, it will create new custom Parameter group.
9: Now click "Parameter groups" menu from left panel again, it will list new recently created parameter group
10: Click on that new custom parameter group, You will see "Parameters" filter option.
11: Search for parameter you want to update the value like "wait_timeout" and click on "Edit parameters" button
12: You can add value from range mention in "Allowed values" column of that parameter. like 1-31536000 for "wait_timeout" parameter.
13: Once you done with changes, click on "Save Changes" button, It will save all recent parameter changes.
14: After this we need to associate this new custom parameter group to our DB Instance.
15: On left side panel click on "Instances" menu again, then click on your "DB instance". On the right top corner click on "Instance Action" drop-down then click on "Modify" menu.
16: You will see "Modify DB Instance" page, Now scroll down and go to "Database options" section and select newly created custom parameter group from "DB parameter group" dropbox.
17: Click on "Continue" button, It will take some time to apply new parameter group.
18: Once done Step 17, Again On left side panel click on "Instances" menu, then click on your "DB instance". On the right top corner click on "Instance Action" drop-down then click on "Reboot" menu.
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The Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Free Tier allows you to do some experiment with Amazon RDS for free.
Please note AWS Free Tier is available to you for 12 months starting with the date on which you create your AWS account.
AWS Free Tier with Amazon RDS:
AWS provides 750 hours for RDS with single availability zone,db.t2.micro instance with database engine MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle BYOL or SQL Server (SQL Server Express Edition)
20 GB of General Purpose (SSD) DB Storage
20 GB of backup storage for your automated database backups and any user-initiated DB Snapshots
Steps To Create an RDS DB Instance:
1: Sign in to your AWS Management Console and search "RDS" in "AWS Service" search box.
2: Once you find RDS service, Open that Amazon RDS console page.
3: If required, You can change default region by clicking the region menu on upper-right corner.
4: On left side panel click on "Instances" menu, then click on "Launch DB Instance" button.
5: Now you must be on "Select Engine" page, The most important thing here is "Only enable options eligible for RDS Free Usage Tier" option you can see at bottom of this page. Click on that checkbox if not already selected, so that options that are not covered under the Free Tier will be inactive.
Note: Please make sure, do not cross RDS Free Tier limit otherwise it will charge you accordingly in Free tier as well.
6: Choose "MySql" engine and click on "Select" button.
7: On "Specify DB Details" page, Under "Instance Specifications" section,
Select "DB Instance Class" value "db.t2.micro--1vCPU,1GBi RAM"
Set Multi-AZ Deployment to "No"
Keep "Storage Type" and "Allocated Storage" as it is.
Then under "Settings" section, enter values for a "DB Instance Identifier", "Master Username", "Master Password" and "Confirm Password"
Then Click on "Next Step"
8: On the "Configure Advanced" settings page, In "Network & Security" section keep default setting for all fields(VPC, Subnet,Publicly Accessible, Availability Zone & VPC Security Groups).
9: In "Database Options" section, enter your database name and "Enable IAM DB Authentication" to "Yes" (Optional) and keep default setting for other fields.
10: In "Backup" section, set "Backup Retention Period" to 0 (zero) days otherwise it will charge you.
Next click on "Launch DB Instance" button and You are done!
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AWS IAM stands for AWS Identity and Access Management. We will see here how we can create IAM Users and IAM Groups using AWS CLI commands.
This is very important service which help us to manage and deploy AWS infrastructure securely. We can create users and groups using IAM and set them permissions to allow or deny them to specific AWS resources.
AWS IAM service provides following features:
Secure AWS Account
Identity Management Framework
Centralized control over all AWS users and groups
Fine Grained Control
Flexibility
In-built security policies
Multilevel management i.e Users, Groups & Permissions
Easy to configure and manage using AWS management console, AWS CLI, AWS Power Shell or AWS software development kit (SDK)
Lets see some examples using CLI....
List all users and create new users using CLI
>> aws iam list-users
This command will list all users present in our AWS account.
There are two type of account we can create, that are Root Account and IAM User Account
1. Root Account:
Root account is used to setup an AWS subscription when you first time create your AWS account. You can sign in to AWS account using root account username and password.
2. IAM User Account:
These are regular IAM user by which you can provide these user to sign' in to your AWS account with specific permissions and controls to access AWS resources to manage AWS account securely.
How to create new IAM user via CLI commands:
>> aws iam create-user --user-name pgtestuser
Using above command we can create a new IAM user having username 'pgtestuser'
Lets see how to create users IAM group. The IAM user group is collection of IAM users. If number of users needs similar permissions then we can create a group and assign them rather than granting these permissions to each users. Also one user can be part of multiple groups and note one thing that AWS IAM groups can not be nested.
How to create IAM group and add user to that group:
>> aws iam create-group --group-name pggroup
Here we have just created 'pggroup' group and now lets add user to that group.
>> aws iam add-user-to-group --user-name pgtestuser --group-name pggroup
After this command executed the user 'pgtestuser' will be assigned to group 'pggroup'.
We can verify this from AWS console management from IAM Group menu.
How to get group details and it's users inside that group:
>> aws iam get-group --group-name pggroup
IAM Authentication Methods:
There are three types of authentication methods provided by AWS.
1. Username / Password 2. API Access Key 3. Multi Factor Token
How to login IAM user using username / password authentication:
Before that first assign username and password to this user by using command below.
>> aws iam create-login-profile --user-name pgtestuser --password testpassword
This will set password to user 'pgtestuser'
How to authenticate IAM user using API Access Key:
API stands for Application programming interface. API keys allows other program or script to login within our AWS cloud programatically and interact with AWS resources. So using API Access Key other program or script can access resources.
Lets see how we can setup or create this API access key using CLI for a specific user.
>> aws iam create-access-key -user-name pgtestuser
Please make note that, it is essentials to store the key details in safe location for future usage, because the key details is only available while creation of these keys. In case if you loose the key, it is recommended to delete old key set and create new.
Lets see how to delete access keys. You can get user access key id from AWS console management.
>> aws iam delete -access-key --user-name pgtestuser -- access-key-id EnterYourAccessKeyId
Note, one user can have multiple access keys and it is not mandatory to delete old key before creating new but this is not recommended approach.
How to create access key for specific user and store that key details in a key.txt file for security purpose:
>> aws iam create-access-key --user-name pgtestuser >> key.txt
Lets verify key details by opening key.txt file using any editor.
>> sudo vim key.txt
Once you enter this command, it will display key details. Also you can verify it from AWS management console.
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