diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/create.go b/cli/internal/cmd/create.go
index 9ff259106..bed604d80 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/create.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/create.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (c *createCmd) create(cmd *cobra.Command, creator cloudCreator, fileHandler
 
 	spinner.Start("Creating", false)
 	idFile, err := creator.Create(cmd.Context(), provider, conf, flags.name, instanceType, flags.controllerCount, flags.workerCount)
-	c.log.Debugf("Create command generated idFile")
+	c.log.Debugf("Successfully created the cloud resources for the cluster")
 	spinner.Stop()
 	if err != nil {
 		return translateCreateErrors(cmd, err)
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/iam.go b/cli/internal/cmd/iam.go
index a277973ce..110fd6938 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/iam.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/iam.go
@@ -145,8 +145,12 @@ func createRunIAMFunc(provider cloudprovider.Provider) func(cmd *cobra.Command,
 		}
 	}
 	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		iamCreator := newIAMCreator(cmd)
+		iamCreator, err := newIAMCreator(cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("creating iamCreator: %w", err)
+		}
 		defer iamCreator.spinner.Stop()
+		defer iamCreator.log.Sync()
 		iamCreator.provider = provider
 		iamCreator.providerCreator = providerCreator
 		return iamCreator.create(cmd.Context())
@@ -154,16 +158,23 @@ func createRunIAMFunc(provider cloudprovider.Provider) func(cmd *cobra.Command,
 }
 
 // newIAMCreator creates a new iamiamCreator.
-func newIAMCreator(cmd *cobra.Command) *iamCreator {
-	spinner := newSpinner(cmd.ErrOrStderr())
-
+func newIAMCreator(cmd *cobra.Command) (*iamCreator, error) {
+	spinner, err := newSpinnerOrStderr(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating spinner: %w", err)
+	}
+	log, err := newCLILogger(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating logger: %w", err)
+	}
 	return &iamCreator{
 		cmd:         cmd,
 		spinner:     spinner,
+		log:         log,
 		creator:     cloudcmd.NewIAMCreator(spinner),
 		fileHandler: file.NewHandler(afero.NewOsFs()),
 		iamConfig:   &cloudcmd.IAMConfig{},
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // iamCreator is the iamCreator for the iam create command.
@@ -175,6 +186,7 @@ type iamCreator struct {
 	provider        cloudprovider.Provider
 	providerCreator providerIAMCreator
 	iamConfig       *cloudcmd.IAMConfig
+	log             debugLog
 }
 
 // create IAM configuration on the iamCreator's cloud provider.
@@ -183,6 +195,7 @@ func (c *iamCreator) create(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	c.log.Debugf("Using flags: %+v", flags)
 
 	if !flags.yesFlag {
 		c.cmd.Printf("The following IAM configuration will be created:\n\n")
@@ -210,6 +223,7 @@ func (c *iamCreator) create(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	c.cmd.Println() // Print empty line to separate after spinner ended.
+	c.log.Debugf("Successfully created the IAM cloud resources")
 
 	err = c.providerCreator.parseAndWriteIDFile(iamFile, c.fileHandler)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -217,6 +231,7 @@ func (c *iamCreator) create(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if flags.generateConfig {
+		c.log.Debugf("Writing IAM configuration to %s", flags.configPath)
 		c.providerCreator.writeOutputValuesToConfig(conf, flags, iamFile)
 		if err := c.fileHandler.WriteYAML(flags.configPath, conf, file.OptMkdirAll); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/iam_test.go b/cli/internal/cmd/iam_test.go
index efd0f6b56..f65505258 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/iam_test.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/iam_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/config"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/constants"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/file"
+	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ func TestIAMCreateAWS(t *testing.T) {
 
 			iamCreator := &iamCreator{
 				cmd:             cmd,
+				log:             logger.NewTest(t),
 				spinner:         &nopSpinner{},
 				creator:         tc.creator,
 				fileHandler:     fileHandler,
@@ -469,6 +471,7 @@ func TestIAMCreateAzure(t *testing.T) {
 
 			iamCreator := &iamCreator{
 				cmd:             cmd,
+				log:             logger.NewTest(t),
 				spinner:         &nopSpinner{},
 				creator:         tc.creator,
 				fileHandler:     fileHandler,
@@ -716,6 +719,7 @@ func TestIAMCreateGCP(t *testing.T) {
 
 			iamCreator := &iamCreator{
 				cmd:             cmd,
+				log:             logger.NewTest(t),
 				spinner:         &nopSpinner{},
 				creator:         tc.creator,
 				fileHandler:     fileHandler,