SourceIAM Policy Autopilot now supports Terraform plan files
IAM Policy Autopilot now supports generating baseline IAM policies directly from Terraform plan files. This adds Infrastructure as Code support to the open source tool's existing capabilities.
Why it matters
This update reduces the time developers spend manually writing IAM policies and troubleshooting access issues when deploying AWS infrastructure via Terraform.
The details
- The tool produces policies scoped to CRUD functions using specific resource ARNs.
- IAM Policy Autopilot is an open source tool provided at no additional cost.
- The software runs locally on a user's own machine.
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Key connections
AWS owns IAM Policy Autopilot
AWS launched and maintains the open source IAM Policy Autopilot tool
IAM Policy Autopilot uses Terraform
IAM Policy Autopilot analyzes Terraform plan files and resource definitions to generate IAM policies
IAM Policy Autopilot is related to Infrastructure as Code
IAM Policy Autopilot generates policies for deploying AWS infrastructure defined via Infrastructure as Code
IAM Policy Autopilot is related to GitHub
IAM Policy Autopilot is open source and hosted in a GitHub repository
Terraform is related to Infrastructure as Code
Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code tool used to define AWS infrastructure
Related events
IAM Policy Autopilot Adds Support for Terraform Plan Files
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