name : add-role-to-instance-profile.rst **To add a role to an instance profile** The following ``add-role-to-instance-profile`` command adds the role named ``S3Access`` to the instance profile named ``Webserver``. :: aws iam add-role-to-instance-profile \ --role-name S3Access \ --instance-profile-name Webserver This command produces no output. To create an instance profile, use the ``create-instance-profile`` command. For more information, see `Using an IAM role to grant permissions to applications running on Amazon EC2 instances <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.html>`__ in the *AWS IAM User Guide*.