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# IAM User
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In a new AWS account, you are provided with a root user. This account is based on the email address which created
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When you first create an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, you begin with a single sign-in identity that has complete access to all AWS services and resources in the account. This identity is called the [AWS account *root user*][aws-account-root-user]. You can sign in as the root user using the email address and password that you used to create the account.
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This is a highly privileged account and not recommended for usage beyond configuring initial account and
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billing settings, an initial set of users, and locking it down.
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Before proceeding with the OpenShift install, you should create a IAM administrative user following the steps
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![IAM Create User Step 5](images/iam_create_user_step5.png)
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[aws-account-root-user]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html
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[user-create]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html

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