1. Project Overview

This project demonstrates how to create and manage users and groups on a Linux system hosted on AWS EC2. The objective is to understand Linux identity and access management (IAM) at the operating system level, which is a critical skill for Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Security Engineers.

The project covers:

• Launching a Linux VM (EC2 instance) on AWS
• Creating and managing Linux users
• Creating and managing Linux groups
• Assigning users to groups
• Modifying and deleting users

2. Architecture Summary

Local Machine
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SSH (Port 22)
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AWS EC2 Instance (Ubuntu Linux)
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Linux OS User & Group Management

3. Prerequisites

• AWS Account
• SSH client (MobaXterm, PuTTY, or Terminal)
• Basic understanding of Linux commands
• Key pair for EC2 access

4. Step 1: Create an AWS EC2 Linux Virtual Machine

4.1 Launch EC2 Instance

1. Log in to AWS Management Console