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App-Tier EC2 Instance IAM Role

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CloudSploit

app-tier-ec2-instance-iam-role

management console

App-Tier EC2 Instance IAM Role

Ensure IAM roles attached with App-Tier EC2 instances have IAM policies attached.

EC2 instances should have IAM roles configured with necessary permission to access other AWS services

Recommended Actions

Modify EC2 instances to attach IAM roles with required IAM policies

Links

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/new-attach-an-aws-iam-role-to-an-existing-amazon-ec2-instance-by-using-the-aws-cli/

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