Configure your Workspace

  1. Follow this deep link to create an IAM role with Administrator access.

  2. Confirm that AWS service and EC2 are selected, then click Next: Permissions to view permissions.

  3. Confirm that AdministratorAccess is checked, then click Next: Tags to assign tags.

  4. Take the defaults, and click Next: Review to review.

  5. Enter movingupworkshop-admin for the Name, and click Create role.

  6. Click the grey circle button (in top right corner) and select Manage EC2 Instance. cloud9-role

  7. Select the instance, then choose Actions / Security / Modify IAM Role

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  1. Choose movingupworkshop-admin from the IAM Role drop-down, and select Save c9attachrole
  • Return to your Cloud9 workspace and click the gear icon (in top right corner)
  • Select AWS SETTINGS
  • Turn off AWS managed temporary credentials
  • Close the Preferences tab c9disableiam

To ensure temporary credentials aren’t already in place we will also remove any existing credentials file:

rm -vf ${HOME}/.aws/credentials