Set up and secure a brand-new AWS account the way a professional would — lock down the root user, add MFA, and create least-privilege IAM users, groups, roles and policies. You will also wire up billing budgets and cost alerts and drive it all from the AWS CLI so the account is safe to hand to a team.
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The AWS account, root user and the console — free to watch, no account needed.
What you'll learn
- Set up and secure a new AWS account with a locked-down root user and MFA
- Explain the AWS console, regions and availability zones and how billing is global
- Create IAM users, groups, roles and policies that follow least privilege
- Configure access keys and drive the account from the AWS CLI safely
- Set up budgets and cost alerts and stay inside the free tier
Syllabus
AWS Accounts and the Console
The AWS account, root user and the consoleFree preview
Regions, availability zones and the free tier
IAM Foundations — Identities
Root versus IAM, users and groups
MFA and securing the root account
IAM Policies, Roles and Least Privilege
IAM policies — the JSON policy language
IAM roles and least privilege in practice
Access Keys, the AWS CLI and Cost Control
Access keys and the AWS CLI
Budgets, cost alerts and billing
Lab — 10 Exercises & Solutions
Exercises 1–5
Exercises 6–10