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IAM — Complete Guide
IAM — Complete Guide: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of Cloud Computing Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.
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Cloud Computing Tutorial · Lesson 61 of 100
IAM
Foundations ✓ → Platform ✓ → Ops → Projects
Ops · 3 — DevOps, security, scale · ~10 min · Cloud — Security & Observability
What is this?
Identity and Access Management controls who can do what — users, groups, roles, and policies with least privilege.
Why should you care?
CloudVerse banking separates teller, ops, and pipeline identities with no shared admin passwords.
See it live — copy this example
Use AWS/Azure/GCP free tier or local Docker/Kind. Sketches and YAML are meant to be typed and adapted.
# AWS IAM policy snippet — CloudVerse read-only audit
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket"],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::cloudverse-audit-logs",
"arn:aws:s3:::cloudverse-audit-logs/*"
]
}]
}
# Attach to role CI-AuditReader — not long-lived user keysWhat happened?
- Humans get SSO + MFA; workloads get roles.
- Regular access reviews and break-glass accounts are documented.
Practice next
- Create a group with read-only scope.
- Assign MFA on admin roles.
- Use role for CI instead of keys.
- Add permission boundary on CI role.
- Deny unapproved regions via SCP.
Remember
Least privilege. Roles for machines. MFA on humans.
CloudVerse teller access
Branch staff need statement view, not bucket delete.
Outcome: Scoped policy passes audit.
Interview prep for this lesson
Practice these questions aloud after reading—each links to a full structured answer.
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