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Implementing Fine-Grained Access Control for DynamoDB

In this lab, we will create fine-grained access control IAM policies and attach them to provided IAM roles, and then test that the roles we have created are working as expected.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Create and Attach Policy for FGACUser IAM Role

    1. Navigate to the IAM web console.
    2. Select Policies.
    3. Click Create policy.
    4. Create a policy that only allows access to the attributes specified in the lab information.
    5. Attach the create policy to the FGACUser IAM role.

  2. Challenge

    Create and Attach Policy for FGACAdmin IAM Role

    1. Navigate to IAM web console.
    2. Select Policies.
    3. Click Create policy.
    4. Create a policy that provides general read access to the pinehead_records_s2 DynamoDB table.
    5. Attach the created policy to the FGACAdmin IAM role.

  3. Challenge

    Test Your Policies from the Provided EC2 Instance

    1. Log in to the provided EC2 instance.

    2. Run the following commands — the first should result in an AccessDeniedException. The last two should return 10 items each.

      aws dynamodb scan --table-name pinehead_records_s2 --profile fgacuser

      aws dynamodb scan --table-name pinehead_records_s2 --profile fgacuser --projection-expression "artist_name,id,album_art,title"

      aws dynamodb scan --table-name pinehead_records_s2 --profile fgacadmin
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