To create a new user in your AWS account, you can use the create-user
CLI command.
In the terminal, enter the following to create an IAM user named Bob in the current account:
aws iam create-user --user-name Bob
Output:
{
"User": {
"UserName": "Bob",
"Path": "/",
"CreateDate": "2013-06-08T03:20:41.270Z",
"UserId": "AIDAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
"Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob"
}
}
The create-user
command accepts additional options. The --user-name
option is required.
create-user
--user-name <value> //required
--path <value> //optional
--permissions-boundary <value> //optional
--tags <value> //optional
--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml //optional
--generate-cli-skeleton <value> //optional
--cli-auto-prompt <value> //optional
For more information about the command and the additional options, see create-user in the official AWS CLI Command reference.
Note: For this example to work, you need to install and configure the AWS CLI first.