Let's get to work...
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| "Services", "IAM". |
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| "Policies", "Create policy". |
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| Click "Select" for "Create Your Own Policy". |
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| We are going to create a policy that has enough permissions to do backups. Policy name: (can be anything. A descriptive name like "CPM_backup_only_policy" is recommended.) Description: (can be anything.) Policy Document: (contents of this file. The contents are from this site.) Click "Validate Policy". |
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| The text "This policy is valid." should be displayed at the top. If not, check for possible syntax errors in the "Policy Document". Click "Create Policy". |
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| The policy for backup up is done. We now move on to creating the policy for recovery / restore process. Click "Create policy". |
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| Click "Select" for "Create Your Own Policy". |
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| We are going to create a policy that has enough permissions to do recovery. Policy name: (can be anything. A descriptive name like "CPM_recover_only_policy" is recommended.) Description: (can be anything.) Policy Document: (contents of this file. The contents are from this site.) Click "Validate Policy". |
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| The text "This policy is valid." should be displayed at the top. If not, check for possible syntax errors in the "Policy Document". Click "Create Policy". |
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| Policies for backup and recovery are created. Next is the IAM role. |
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| Click "Roles", "Create role". |
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| Click "EC2", "Allows EC2 instances to call AWS services in your behalf." Click "Next: Permissions". |
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| Use the search box to find the 2 policies that we have previously created. Tick both policies, click "Next: Review". |
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| Role name: (can be anything, but a descriptive name is recommended. "CPM_Role" is the name used in this demo.) Click "Create role". |
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| IAM role for backup server created. |
Next: Creating the backup server...
Part 7 - The Backup Server
Single EC2 Instance - Table of Contents
