IAM Flashcards
1
Q
Service Roles
A
Every AWS service has an associated role.
2
Q
Cross Account Roles
A
Allows IAM users from one of your AWS accounts to access this account.
3
Q
Identity Provider Role
A
Allow users from web identity providers to access this account. (Oauth, OpenID, Facebook, Google)
Grant API access to SAML providers.
4
Q
Roles are Global
A
You cannot create a regional Role.
5
Q
Roles assigned to instances
A
Roles can be assigned to both a running and none running instance.
6
Q
IAM
A
Identity and Access Management
7
Q
What do Policies manage?
A
1) Users (physical people)
2) Groups (Functions(admins,devs)) & Teams (engineering)
3) Roles. (internal usage within AWS resources)
8
Q
What is IAM Federation?
A
Enterprises can integrate their own repository of users with IAM using the SAML standard.
