Creating a User with aws iam create-user

When a new team member needs access, use aws iam create-user. It creates an IAM user.

The syntax is aws iam create-user --user-name name.

Running aws iam create-user --user-name taro creates the user and returns its ARN and creation date.

A common stumble is expecting the new user to be able to do things. A freshly created user has no permissions at all until you attach a policy.

In real work, users are usually placed in groups by role, and permissions are granted to the group rather than to each person individually.