# Requesting Just-in-Time access to Amazon EC2 Instances via Slack

DevFeed: [Requesting Just-in-Time access to Amazon EC2 Instances via Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/requesting-just-in-time-access-to-amazon-ec2-instances-via-slack-29582.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/aws-ec2-just-in-time-access/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Janakiram MSV)

Published: 2022-04-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>)

Tags: [amazon-ec2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-ec2.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [ec2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ec2.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/request.md>), [root](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/root.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [third-party](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/third-party.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to configure just-in-time privilege escalation for Amazon EC2 instances using Teleport RBAC and Slack. It describes time-limited access requests that administrators can approve or deny through Slack, including a scenario involving a managed service provider performing database operations.

## Source excerpt

This post is a tutorial to set up ChatOps-based just-in-time privilege escalation for Amazon EC2 instances