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title: "Create an IAM role for your Workspace"
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1. Follow [this deep link to create an IAM role with Administrator access](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#/roles$new?step=tags&commonUseCase=EC2%2BEC2&selectedUseCase=EC2&policies=arn:aws:iam::aws:policy%2FAmazonS3FullAccess&policies=arn:aws:iam::aws:policy%2FAdministratorAccess&roleName=eksworkshop-admin)
1. Confirm that **AWS service** and **EC2** are selected, then click **Next: Permissions** to view permissions.
1. Confirm that **AdministratorAccess** is checked, then click **Next: Tags** to assign tags.
1. Take the defaults, and click **Next: Review** to review.
1. Enter **eksworkshop-admin** for the Name, and click **Create role**.
![createrole](/images/prerequisites/createrole.png)