Creating and Assuming an Administrator AWS IAM Role

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Creating and Assuming an Administrator AWS IAM Role

In this Hands-on Lab we are going to work through creating a brand-new IAM Role within your AWS Sandbox account. This IAM Role will be granted Administrator Access permissions within the same account.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create IAM Role
- Create a brand-new IAM role named CSAA_AdministratorTest and attach the AWS-managed policy titled AdministratorAccess.
- Copy the IAM Trust Policy from the lab GitHub repo and update %REPLACE_WITH_ACCOUNT_ID% with your account ID. This policy will only allow an IAM identity with your cloud_user ARN to assume the role
The naming convention for this step is critical to avoid conflicts in future steps!
Challenge

Assume the IAM Role

After creation, test assumption of the IAM role using the Switch Role console option.
Challenge

Create & Deploy CloudFormation Template of IAM Role
- After the role is verified to be working, create a new CloudFormation template that mimics the newly created IAM role. This allows for easy future deployment when required.
- To do this, copy and run the template code for which ever language you choose in Application Composer.
YAML Template Code

JSON Template Code
- When prompted, you must name the stack AdministratorAccessRole

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