# How to access AWS Console using AWS IAM

DevFeed: [How to access AWS Console using AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-access-aws-console-using-aws-iam-29681.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-access-aws-console/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Marco Campana)

Published: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [AWS Management Console](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-management-console.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Single sign-on (SSO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sso.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iam.md>), [aws-management-console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-management-console.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/console.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains traditional ways to access the AWS Management Console using AWS IAM, including the AWS User Portal, 2FA, IAM roles and users, the AWS CLI, access keys, and AWS SSO. It compares these native approaches with Teleport's features for securing and auditing AWS infrastructure access.

## Source excerpt

Explore traditional AWS authentication processes to AWS Management Console and how Teleport can replace them to further secure and audit your cloud infrastructure.