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Vipul Tankariya
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Vipul Tankariya

Vipul Tankariya has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe, solving real-life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker at various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also certified in five AWS certifications. He is an accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist with more than 21 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based solutions. He has a lot of experience in working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each level of the delivery lifecycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud.
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Bhavin Parmar
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Bhavin Parmar

Bhavin Parmar has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He actively participates in solving real-life business problems. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat. This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems with his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished technologist and senior cloud consultant with more than 11 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based and DevOps solutions. He has also been instrumental in setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud solutions, and AWS training.
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Elements of IAM

It is essential to understand a few basic IAM terms to effectively manage real-life organizational users and their permissions for accessing AWS resources as per their roles and responsibilities. The following list briefly describes these terms, and subsequently goes into the details of each of the elements of IAM:

  • User: A user is a person or an application that requires access to various AWS resources to perform designated tasks. A user can access AWS resources with either a username and password, or with an access key and secret key.
  • Access key: An access key is a 20-character alphanumeric key that acts as a user ID.
  • Secret key: A secret key is a 40-character alphanumeric key that acts as a password or secret key. The access key and secret key are used together for initiating API, SDK, and CLI authentication.
  • Password policy: The password policy specifies the...
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Vipul Tankariya

Vipul Tankariya has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe, solving real-life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker at various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also certified in five AWS certifications. He is an accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist with more than 21 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based solutions. He has a lot of experience in working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each level of the delivery lifecycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud.
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Bhavin Parmar

Bhavin Parmar has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He actively participates in solving real-life business problems. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat. This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems with his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished technologist and senior cloud consultant with more than 11 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based and DevOps solutions. He has also been instrumental in setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud solutions, and AWS training.
Read more about Bhavin Parmar