Configuring Cross-Account Access Using IAM Policies
Cross-account access in AWS provides a way for you to securely collaborate and share resources with other AWS accounts. By configuring cross-account access, you can grant permissions to trusted accounts, allowing them to access and manage specific resources in your account. This helps you facilitate collaboration with partners, vendors, or different teams within your organization.
With cross-account access, you establish a trust relationship between your account and the other trusted accounts. You create an IAM role in your account that defines the permissions you want to grant. Then, you specify the trusted accounts that are allowed to assume the role and then define the actions, resources, and conditions for access.
Once the role is assumed in the trusted account, the user or role in that account receives temporary security credentials with the permissions you defined. These credentials can be used to access resources, such...