whats the difference between IAM user and IAM role

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IAM user is an entity that represents a person or application, while IAM role is an entity that represents a set of permissions.

IAM user is associated with long-term credentials (access key and secret access key) and is used to directly interact with AWS services.
IAM role does not have long-term credentials and is assumed by trusted entities, such as AWS services or applications running on EC2 instances.
IAM user has a fixed set of permissions, while IAM role can have temporary permissions assigned to it.
IAM user is typically used for granting permissions to individuals, while IAM role is used for granting permissions to applications or services.
IAM user can be used for authentication, while IAM role is used for authorization.

Accepted Answer

IAM user has permanent longterm credentials and used to directly interact with AWS. IAM role doesnt have any credentials and define a set of permissions for making aws service request

whats the difference between IAM user and IAM role

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