ConceptIdentity and Access Management Role

IAM Role

An identity entity in cloud platforms that grants temporary permissions to services or users, used for fine-grained control of resource access.

Timeline (last 90 days)

Oct 19

AWS CLI uses the ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config files, or obtains access keys through environment variables, IAM Roles, and other means.

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Sep 5

The equivalent concept to service principals in AWS is IAM roles, while GCP uses service accounts.

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AWS CLI uses the ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config files, or obtains access keys through environment variables, IAM Roles, and other means.

The equivalent concept to service principals in AWS is IAM roles, while GCP uses service accounts.