What is an IAM role?

What is an IAM role?

An IAM role is an IAM entity that defines a set of permissions for making AWS service requests. IAM roles are not associated with a specific user or group. Instead, trusted entities assume roles, such as IAM users, applications, or AWS services such as EC2.

What is the difference between IAM and I m?

2 Answers. ‘I’m’ is merely a contraction of ‘I am’. From Wikipedia: A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, crea...