name : create-default-role.rst **To create the required IAM role for Amazon DLM** The following ``dlm create-default-role`` example creates the AWSDataLifecycleManagerDefaultRole default role for managing snapshots. :: aws dlm create-default-role \ --resource-type snapshot This command produces no output. For more information, see `Default service roles for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/service-role.html#default-service-roles>`__ in the *Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide*.