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modules/installation-aws-iam-user.adoc

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. Specify the IAM user name and select `Programmatic access`.
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. Attach the `AdministratorAccess` policy to ensure that the account has
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sufficient permission to create the cluster.
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sufficient permission to create the cluster. This policy provides the cluster
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with the ability to grant credentials to each {product-title} component. The
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cluster grants the components only the credentials that they require.
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[NOTE]
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While it is possible to create a policy that grants the all of the required
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AWS permissions and attach it to the user, this is not the preferred option.
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The cluster will not have the ability to grant additional credentials to
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individual components, so the same credentials are used by all components.
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. Optionally, add metadata to the user by attaching tags.
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modules/installation-aws-permissions.adoc

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When you attach the `AdministratorAccess` policy to the IAM user that you create,
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you grant that user all of the required permissions. To deploy a {project-title}
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cluster, the IAM user:
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cluster, the IAM user requires the following permissions:
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.EC2 roles required to launch nodes
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modules/installation-launching-installer.adoc

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If the AWS account that you configured on your host does not have sufficient
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permissions to deploy the cluster, the installation process stops, and the
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missing permissions are displayed.
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When the cluster deployment completes, directions for accessing your cluster,
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including a link to its web console and credentials for the `kubeadmin` user,
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display in your terminal.

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