my IAM account doesn't have IAM roles

It sounds like you're experiencing an issue with IAM permissions for your account. This situation can occur if the IAM policies associated with your user or group have been modified or removed, limiting your access to AWS services and resources.

To resolve this issue, you'll need to take the following steps:

1. Contact your AWS account administrator. Since you don't have access to IAM roles and services, you'll need someone with the necessary permissions to help you.

2. Ask the administrator to review your IAM user permissions. They should check:

   • The IAM policies attached to your user
   • The policies attached to any groups you're a member of
   • Any inline policies directly on your user

3. The administrator should ensure you have the required permissions to access the services you need. At a minimum, for working with EC2 instances and IAM roles, you typically need permissions for:

   • ec2:RunInstances (with a wildcard resource "*")
   • iam:PassRole (with the resource matching the role ARN you're trying to use)
   • iam:ListInstanceProfiles
   • Other relevant EC2 and IAM actions based on your needs

4. If you need to work with IAM roles, make sure the administrator grants you the necessary permissions to view, create, or modify roles as required.

5. For the specific error "You don't have the necessary IAM permissions," the administrator should check if you have the appropriate read permissions for the services you're trying to access.

6. If you created the EC2 instance with a role and now can't access it, the administrator may need to check if the instance profile is still correctly associated with the instance and if the role in the instance profile is still valid.

Remember, it's crucial to follow the principle of least privilege when granting permissions. Your administrator should only give you the permissions necessary for your tasks, not blanket access to all services.

Once your permissions have been correctly set up, you should be able to access the necessary AWS services and work with IAM roles as required for your EC2 instances and other AWS resources.
Sources
Troubleshoot IAM and Amazon EC2 - AWS Identity and Access Management
Troubleshooting AWS Account Management identity and access - AWS Account Management
Troubleshoot IAM roles - AWS Identity and Access Management