# The template to create AMS roles
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The following AMS role grants permissions to your AMS cloud architect (CA). The following zip file contains Terraform code and CloudFormation template that simplifies creating the IAM role, permissions policy, and trust policy. For more information, consult with your CA.


| Role Name | Required by | Sample Templates | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| `aws_managedservices_onboarding_role` | AMS personnel during onboarding only | [onboarding\$1role\$1minimal.zip](samples/onboarding_role_minimal.zip) | 

**Note**  
After you select and download a sample template (one per role), you will upload these as definitions of CloudFormation stacks in [Create `aws_managedservices_onboarding_role` with CloudFormation for Accelerate](acc-onb-create-roles-with-cf.md).