Glossary term
What is Root user?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Root user" means: The first login of an AWS account, made with the email and password used at sign-up. It can do everything, so you protect it and rarely use it. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Root user?
The first login of an AWS account, made with the email and password used at sign-up. It can do everything, so you protect it and rarely use it.
Where is Root user taught?
Root user is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which lessons cover Root user?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup, lesson 2.4: Lock the front door: the root user and MFA
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup, lesson 3.2: Who can sign in: users, groups and roles
Which terms are related to Root user?
Next to Root user in the course glossaries: Elasticity, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Hybrid, IAM, On-premises, IAM user, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and IAM role.
ElasticityMulti-factor authentication (MFA)HybridIAMOn-premisesIAM userIaaS, PaaS, SaaSIAM role
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Root user?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.