What are some of the elements of aws iam?
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Link to AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction.html
AWS IAM - Identity And Access Management, this is not a new concept there are many vendors who have their own IAM.
What are some key elements that make up AWS IAM?
Principle - The thing requesting access
The entity or thing, being Users, roles, federated users, and applications are all AWS principals.
Request - What, who, how
• Actions(or operations) that the principal wants to perform
• Resources upon which the actions are performed
• Principal information, including the environment from which the request was madeAuthorization Data, Environment Data, and Resource Data, all make up the request.
Authentication - Logging in with your credentials
This can be via the console, API, or CLI.
Authorization - Are you allowed to do what you are requesting
Actions - the things that you can do to a resource, such as viewing, creating, editing, and deleting that resource
After authentication and authorization you can perform actions on the resource(s)
Resouces - Amazon EC2 instance, an IAM user, and an Amazon S3 bucket
AWS resources.
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