Embracing AWS IAM Roles Anywhere

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AWS IAM roles anywhere is an AWS IAM bounded service that was launched quite recently in July 2022.

AWS IAM roles anywhere is a service that extends the security benefits of AWS IAM roles to workload resources outside of AWS or services that are non native to AWS.

AWS IAM Roles Anywhere can be leveraged with various types of workloads like:-

➫ on premise apps and functions.
➫ IOT device based apps
➫ external SAAS platforms.
➫ complex PAAS based applications.
➫ cross cloud hybrid applications based on other cloud providers like GCP, AZURE, etc.
➫ not just applications but this can be leveraged for Human beings also, like employees based on their enterprise certificates.

Prior to AWS roles anywhere, any workload that would want to consume an AWS resource would onboard itself on the AWS IAM portal as a user and then get credentials in the form…