Connect to the EC2 instance with the IAM role.(without key pair)

Create IAM role

Search for IAM in the search bar of AWS and click on roles.

Click on Create Role

Select entity type as AWS service

Use case as EC2 and click on Next.

For permission policy select Administrator Access (Just for learning purpose), click Next.

Provide a Name for Role and click on Create role,you can use any name for role.

Role is created.

Now Attach this role to Ec2 instance that we created earlier, so we can provision cluster from that instance.

Go to EC2 Dashboard and select the instance.

Click on Actions –> Security –> Modify IAM role.

Select the Role that created earlier and click on Update IAM role.

Connect the instance to using EC2 Direct connect method.

Without key pair we can use IAM role to access the Instance.

Hope it helps..!

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