--- title: AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions... description: Learn how to create an IAM user for managing Lambda functions in a specific region and how to restrict their access to that region. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions (restricted to a specific region) | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to create an IAM user for managing Lambda functions in a specific region and how to restrict their access to that region. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bJ2gzGVux.png og:image:alt: AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions (restricted to a specific region) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions (restricted to a specific region) **[AWS in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/awsplainenglish)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to create an IAM user for managing Lambda functions in a specific region and how to restrict their access to that region. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#aws-lambda](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-lambda), [#iam](https://daily.dev/tags/iam) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions (restricted to a specific region)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux"},"datePublished":"2024-04-22T10:39:39.675Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:32:20.650Z","description":"Learn how to create an IAM user for managing Lambda functions in a specific region and how to restrict their access to that region.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9e4106175c011ce705a5fa98c2026dcd?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9e4106175c011ce705a5fa98c2026dcd?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS in Plain English","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AWS in Plain English","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/64d9989ff4ae4caba811832fdd6146c5","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/awsplainenglish"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-certifications-iam-user-to-manage-lambda-functions-restricted-to-a-specific-region--bj2gzgvux","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,aws-lambda,iam","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS in Plain English","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/awsplainenglish"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"AWS certifications: IAM user to manage Lambda functions (restricted to a specific region)"}]} ```