CHAPTER 11

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Identity and Access Management

As is too often the case, I have saved security for last. If you have been following along from the beginning, we have completed all of the examples in this book while signed in as a user with administrator privileges. While this is a convenient way to learn a new technology, you should never run a production system with administrator privileges. If part of the system were compromised, you want to ensure you limit access as much as possible.

This chapter is all about Identity and Access Management (IAM). IAM is how you manage users, groups, and permissions. In this chapter, I show you how to create users ...

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