Identity and access management for AWS Directory Service
Access to AWS Directory Service requires credentials that AWS can use to authenticate your requests. Those credentials must have permissions to access AWS resources, such as an AWS Directory Service directory. The following sections provide details on how you can use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Directory Service to help secure your resources by controlling who can access them:
Authentication
Learn how to access AWS using IAM identities.
Access control
You can have valid credentials to authenticate your requests, but unless you have permissions you cannot create or access AWS Directory Service resources. For example, you must have permissions to create an AWS Directory Service directory or to create a directory snapshot.
The following sections describe how to manage permissions for AWS Directory Service. We recommend that you read the overview first.
