IAM in Outposts
Outposts uses the same services, components, and features available in the AWS cloud. It is a fundamental principle for the engineering of the product to develop Outposts as a native component of AWS infrastructure, integrating as seamlessly as if it were located inside an AWS Region.
The implementation of IAM mechanisms on Outposts leverages AWS IAM service as the building block to provide authentication and authorization. The same principles and concepts apply:
- IAM resources: Users, groups, roles, policies, and identity providers. These are the types of objects stored in IAM.
- IAM entities: Users and roles. You can use these elements to perform authentication. Users include federated users authenticated by other directories and roles assumed by other AWS accounts. The all-powerful entity is the root user, created when an AWS account is provisioned. These credentials should be secured and audited.
- IAM identities: Users, groups, and roles. You can...
