Túisce ar bhunúsacha IAM, tá sé tábhachtach a thuiscint ról (féiniúlachtaí fhéadaithe), cineálacha agus measúnú polasaithe (conas a chinntear ceadanna), agus patrúin ar nós rochtain thrasachúnta agus róil seirbhíse le haghaidh bainistíochta rochtana AWS slán agus dea-dheartha.
Róil go domhain — cé a ghlacann le cad
A ROLE has TWO key policies:
TRUST POLICY → WHO can assume the role (which principals: a service, account, user)
PERMISSION POLICIES → WHAT the role can do once assumed
Use cases:
→ SERVICE roles — an EC2/Lambda assumes a role to access AWS (no embedded keys)
→ CROSS-ACCOUNT — account B's role trusts account A → A's users assume it (controlled access)
→ FEDERATION/SSO — external identities assume roles (temporary credentials)
→ Roles give TEMPORARY credentials (auto-rotated) — far safer than long-lived keys.
