Aws_iam_instance_profile
An AWS IAM instance profile is a container that associates an IAM role with an Amazon EC2 instance, enabling applications to obtain AWS credentials.
Amazon Web Services in Action, Third Edition: An in-depth guide to AWS
An IAM instance profile is an AWS container that associates an IAM role with an EC2 instance so applications can obtain AWS credentials.
- How it is used
- Attaches an IAM role to an EC2 instance so its applications and agents can use AWS permissions.
- How deep it goes
- Explains the role-profile-instance relationship and shows CloudFormation and console configuration, but not credential retrieval internals.
- Examples
- Uses an EC2 instance that stops itself and an EC2 launch configured with the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore policy.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure EC2 instances with IAM permissions through the AWS console or CloudFormation.
Build Python Web Apps with Streamlit
An instance profile is an AWS container for an IAM role that can be attached to an EC2 instance.
- How it is used
- Configures EC2 access to S3 and Elastic Beanstalk during Streamlit deployment.
- How deep it goes
- Explains the console configuration and required policy, but stops short of implementation details beyond deployment setup.
- Examples
- Uses the aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role and AWSElasticBeanstalkWebTier policy for a Streamlit deployment.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure an EC2 instance profile through the IAM console for deployment access.
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Related concepts
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloudconfigures · Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is an Amazon Web Services service that provides resizable virtual computing capacity through configurable virtual machine instances.
- roleconfigures · A role is a defined function, responsibility, perspective, or set of permissions associated with a participant in an organization or system.
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