4. Create an IAM Role using aws_iam_role

resource "aws_iam_role" "kathy_role" {
    name = "KathyRole"
    assume_role_policy = jsonencode({
        Version = "2012-10-17"
        Statement = [
            {
                Action = "sts:AssumeRole"
                Effect = "Allow"
                Principal = {
                    Service = "ec2.amazonaws.com"
                }
            }
        ]
    })
}

Code explanation

• The above code will create an IAM role named KathyRole.
• To run the above code, simply run terraform plan and terraform apply commands.
• After running the Terraform code, you can verify the user by going into the AWS console -> IAM -> Access Management -> Roles

Click on the KathyRole to view the details about the roles .e.g., Creation Date, ARN, Instance Profile ARN etc..