Security Token Service

The AWS Security Token Service (STS) is a web service that enables you to request temporary, limited-privilege credentials for IAM users. We'll see why this is a great feature when we cover least privilege security in Chapter 4, Security - Ensuring the Integrity of Your Systems.

Create a file named user.tf and add the following:

resource "aws_iam_user" "cloudpatterns" {
 name = "loadbalancer"
}

resource "aws_iam_group" "group" {
  name = "cloudpatterngroup"
}

resource "aws_iam_group_membership" "admin" {
 name = "tf-admin-group-membership"
 users = [
   "${aws_iam_user.cloudpatterns.name}",
 ]
 group = "${aws_iam_group.group.name}"
}

resource "aws_iam_group_policy_attachment" "test-attach" {
 group = "${aws_iam_group.group.name}"
 policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess"
}

Save it, then run the following:

terraform plan
terraform apply -target=aws_iam_user.cloudpatterns

You should see your new user in the IAM console.