🔥 AWS Security Quiz #5 🔐 | IAM User Access Keys vs Instance Profile — Credential Priority Explained

Welcome back to the AWS Security Quiz series! 🚀 In today’s quick quiz, we break down a frequently misunderstood AWS CLI behavior — how credential priority works when multiple credentials exist on an EC2 instance. This scenario shows up often in real production environments and is easy to get wrong. ===================== Question: An EC2 instance is configured with: 1. An attached Instance Profile (IAM Role) 2. IAM user access keys stored in ~/.aws/credentials 👉 Which credentials will the AWS CLI actually use? 1️⃣ Instance Profile 2️⃣ IAM user access keys 3️⃣ Both 4️⃣ Root credentials ===================== 🔥 What You’ll Learn 1. The credential provider chain AWS CLI uses to resolve credentials 2. How first-match-wins determines which credentials are selected 3. Common misconfigurations and risks caused by misunderstanding credential precedence 🧠 Who Should Watch This? 1. AWS certification aspirants 2. Cloud & DevOps professionals 3. Security engineers managing IAM access 4. Anyone using AWS CLI on EC2 instances 🎥 Don’t Miss the Previous Quizzes 1. IAM vs SCP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSq-yQqCzp4 2. IAM Identity Center Role Selection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rok8lP8a4Qc 3. AWS CloudTrail Event History (Global vs Regional) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvYxdDWVTQ 4. KMS Key Policy vs IAM Policy — Can Encrypt/Decrypt Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9-tOy_3P8Y More practical AWS Security quizzes coming soon 🚀 If this helped clarify the concept: ✔ Like the video ✔ Share your answer in the comments ✔ Subscribe for more real-world AWS Security content Your support helps me create more clear, hands-on AWS explanations 😊