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Trusted identity propagation use cases - AWS IAM Identity Center

Trusted identity propagation use cases

As an IAM Identity Center administrator, you might be asked to help configure trusted identity propagation from user facing applications to AWS services. To support this request, you'll need the following information:

  • What client-facing application will your users interface with?

  • Which AWS services are used to query the data and to authorize access to the data?

  • Which AWS service authorizes access to the data?

Your role in enabling trusted identity propagation use cases that don't involve third-party applications or custom-developed applications is to:

The remaining steps of the trusted identity configuration for these use cases are performed within the connected AWS services and applications. The administrators of the connected AWS services or applications should refer to the respective user guides for comprehensive service-specific guidance.

Your role in enabling trusted identity propagation use cases that involve third-party applications or custom-developed applications includes the steps of Enable IAM Identity Center and connecting your source of identities as well as:

  1. Configuring the connection of your identity provider (IdP) to the third-party party or custom-developed application.

  2. Enabling IAM Identity Center to recognize the third-party or custom-developed application.

  3. Configuring your IdP as a trusted token issuer in IAM Identity Center. For more information, see Using applications with a trusted token issuer.

The administrators of the connected applications and AWS services should refer to the respective user guides for comprehensive service-specific guidance.

Analytics and data lakehouse use cases

You can enable trusted propagation use cases with the following analytics services:

Additional use cases

You can enable IAM Identity Center and trusted identity propagation with these additional AWS services:

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