From the course: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Cert Prep
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Root user
From the course: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Cert Prep
Root user
- [Instructor] When you create your AWS account, you're provided a master key, a super powered account that has access to everything and anything in that specific AWS account, including all the services and resources. A master key in a building allows you to open any and every door in that building to poke around and do whatever you need to do. AWS's version of this master key is called the AWS Account Root User. The AWS Account Root User is the account that you signed up to AWS with. This root user account is, as you may imagine, extremely powerful but also dangerous if used inappropriately or if the access falls into the wrong hands. As such, AWS does not recommend that you use the root user account for your everyday tasks. Instead, it suggests that you create your first IAM user using the root user account, and then lock away your root user credentials securely. You should also secure your root user account with MFA or hardware TOTP Token, which is a physical MFA device. There are…
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