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Can't find AWS Lightsail permissions policy for my IAM user

I'm trying to set up Lightsail on AWS to run a Wordpress installation.

When I try to get in using my 'user' account, I get this error:

https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/error/access-denied

There might be a problem.
It looks like you aren't authorized.

If you're signed in as an IAM user, ask your administrator to create a permissions policy that grants access to Amazon Lightsail resources and related AWS services.

But when I log in with my admin user account, I can't see any Lightsail policies in the permissions policies lists.

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Where can I enable the correct policy? Currently I can only set up my Lightsail server as the admin user, not with my user account.

Solution

  • You are correct, there is no Managed Policy for Amazon Lisghtsail access.

    You will need to create your own inline policy to grant access.

    To grant full permissions, use:

    {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "lightsail:*"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

    For full instructions, see: Managing access to Amazon Lightsail for an IAM user | Lightsail Documentation