- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- User Guide
- Overview
- Users
- Identity Provider
- SSO Overview
- Practical Scenarios for SSO
- User-Based SSO
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- Overview
- Overview of SAML Role-Based SSO
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- SAML 2.0-Based Federation
- Accessing Tencent Cloud Console as SAML 2.0 Federated Users
- Creating a SAML IdP
- Creating an OIDC Identity Provider
- Managing IdPs
- Azure Active Directory Single Sign-On
- OneLogin Single Sign-On
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- ADFS SSO to Tencent Cloud
- Implementing OIDC-Based Role-Based SSO
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- Permissions Boundary
- Downloading Security Analysis Report
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- Domains & Websites
- Big Data
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- Media On-Demand
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- Cloud Resource Management
- Management and Audit Tools
- CAM-Enabled API
- Overview
- Compute
- Edge Computing
- Container
- Microservice
- Serverless
- Essential Storage Service
- Data Process and Analysis
- Data Migration
- Relational Database
- Enterprise Distributed DBMS
- NoSQL Database
- Database SaaS Tool
- Networking
- CDN and Acceleration
- Network Security
- Endpoint Security
- Data Security
- Business Security
- Application Security
- Domains & Websites
- Big Data
- Voice Technology
- Natural Language Processing
- Middleware
- Communication
- Interactive Video Services
- Stream Services
- Media On-Demand
- Media Process Services
- Cloud Real-time Rendering
- Game Services
- Education Sevices
- Cloud Resource Management
- Management and Audit Tools
- Monitor and Operation
- More
- Best Practice
- Security Best Practice
- Multi-Identity Personnel Permission Management
- Authorizing Certain Operations by Tag
- Supporting Isolated Resource Access for Employees
- Enterprise Multi-Account Permissions Management
- Reviewing Employee Operation Records on Tencent Cloud
- Implementing Attribute-Based Access Control for Employee Resource Permissions Management
- During tag-based authentication, only tag key matching is supported
- Business Use Cases
- TencentDB for MySQL
- CLB
- CMQ
- COS
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to COS Resources under the Account
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to Specific Directory
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to Files in Specific Directory
- Authorizing Sub-account Read/Write Access to Specific File
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to COS Resources
- Authorizing a Sub-account Read/Write Access to All Files in Specified Directory Except Specified Files
- Authorizing Sub-account Read/Write Access to Files with Specified Prefix
- Authorizing Another Account Read/Write Access to Specific Files
- Authorizing Cross-Account ’s Sub-account Read/Write Access to Specified File
- CVM
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to CVMs
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to CVMs
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to CVM-related Resources
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on CBSs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Security Groups
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on EIPs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Specific CVM
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on CVMs in Specific Region
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to CVMs Except Payment
- VPC
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to VPCs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Specific VPC and Resources of This VPC
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on VPC Except on Routing Table
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on VPN
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to VPCs
- Authorizing a Sub-account Full Access to VPCs Except Payment
- VOD
- Others
- API Documentation
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Making API Requests
- Identity Provider APIs
- Policy APIs
- UpdatePolicy
- ListPolicies
- ListEntitiesForPolicy
- ListAttachedUserPolicies
- ListAttachedGroupPolicies
- GetPolicy
- DetachUserPolicy
- DetachGroupPolicy
- DeletePolicy
- CreatePolicy
- AttachUserPolicy
- AttachGroupPolicy
- SetDefaultPolicyVersion
- ListPolicyVersions
- GetPolicyVersion
- DeletePolicyVersion
- CreatePolicyVersion
- ListAttachedUserAllPolicies
- User APIs
- CreateGroup
- UpdateUser
- UpdateGroup
- RemoveUserFromGroup
- ListUsersForGroup
- ListUsers
- ListGroupsForUser
- ListGroups
- GetUser
- GetGroup
- DeleteUser
- DeleteGroup
- AddUserToGroup
- AddUser
- SetMfaFlag
- GetCustomMFATokenInfo
- ConsumeCustomMFAToken
- ListCollaborators
- ListAccessKeys
- PutUserPermissionsBoundary
- DeleteUserPermissionsBoundary
- DescribeSafeAuthFlagColl
- DescribeSubAccounts
- GetSecurityLastUsed
- GetAccountSummary
- GetUserAppId
- UpdateAccessKey
- DeleteAccessKey
- CreateAccessKey
- Role APIs
- UpdateRoleDescription
- UpdateAssumeRolePolicy
- ListAttachedRolePolicies
- GetRole
- DetachRolePolicy
- DescribeRoleList
- DeleteRole
- CreateRole
- AttachRolePolicy
- UpdateRoleConsoleLogin
- GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus
- DeleteServiceLinkedRole
- CreateServiceLinkedRole
- PutRolePermissionsBoundary
- DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary
- DescribeSafeAuthFlag
- DescribeSafeAuthFlagIntl
- UntagRole
- TagRole
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- FAQs
- Glossary
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- User Guide
- Overview
- Users
- Identity Provider
- SSO Overview
- Practical Scenarios for SSO
- User-Based SSO
- Role-Based SSO
- Overview
- Overview of SAML Role-Based SSO
- Overview of OIDC Role-Based Single Sign-On
- SAML 2.0-Based Federation
- Accessing Tencent Cloud Console as SAML 2.0 Federated Users
- Creating a SAML IdP
- Creating an OIDC Identity Provider
- Managing IdPs
- Azure Active Directory Single Sign-On
- OneLogin Single Sign-On
- Okta Single Sign-On
- ADFS SSO to Tencent Cloud
- Implementing OIDC-Based Role-Based SSO
- Access Key
- User Groups
- Role
- Policies
- Troubleshooting
- Permissions Boundary
- Downloading Security Analysis Report
- CAM-Enabled Role
- Overview
- Compute
- Container
- Microservice
- Essential Storage Service
- Data Process and Analysis
- Data Migration
- Relational Database
- Enterprise Distributed DBMS
- NoSQL Database
- Database SaaS Tool
- Networking
- CDN and Acceleration
- Network Security
- Application Security
- Domains & Websites
- Big Data
- Middleware
- Interactive Video Services
- Media On-Demand
- Cloud Real-time Rendering
- Game Services
- Cloud Resource Management
- Management and Audit Tools
- CAM-Enabled API
- Overview
- Compute
- Edge Computing
- Container
- Microservice
- Serverless
- Essential Storage Service
- Data Process and Analysis
- Data Migration
- Relational Database
- Enterprise Distributed DBMS
- NoSQL Database
- Database SaaS Tool
- Networking
- CDN and Acceleration
- Network Security
- Endpoint Security
- Data Security
- Business Security
- Application Security
- Domains & Websites
- Big Data
- Voice Technology
- Natural Language Processing
- Middleware
- Communication
- Interactive Video Services
- Stream Services
- Media On-Demand
- Media Process Services
- Cloud Real-time Rendering
- Game Services
- Education Sevices
- Cloud Resource Management
- Management and Audit Tools
- Monitor and Operation
- More
- Best Practice
- Security Best Practice
- Multi-Identity Personnel Permission Management
- Authorizing Certain Operations by Tag
- Supporting Isolated Resource Access for Employees
- Enterprise Multi-Account Permissions Management
- Reviewing Employee Operation Records on Tencent Cloud
- Implementing Attribute-Based Access Control for Employee Resource Permissions Management
- During tag-based authentication, only tag key matching is supported
- Business Use Cases
- TencentDB for MySQL
- CLB
- CMQ
- COS
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to COS Resources under the Account
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to Specific Directory
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to Files in Specific Directory
- Authorizing Sub-account Read/Write Access to Specific File
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to COS Resources
- Authorizing a Sub-account Read/Write Access to All Files in Specified Directory Except Specified Files
- Authorizing Sub-account Read/Write Access to Files with Specified Prefix
- Authorizing Another Account Read/Write Access to Specific Files
- Authorizing Cross-Account ’s Sub-account Read/Write Access to Specified File
- CVM
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to CVMs
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to CVMs
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to CVM-related Resources
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on CBSs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Security Groups
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on EIPs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Specific CVM
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on CVMs in Specific Region
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to CVMs Except Payment
- VPC
- Authorizing Sub-account Read-only Access to VPCs
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on Specific VPC and Resources of This VPC
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on VPC Except on Routing Table
- Authorizing Sub-account Access to Perform Operations on VPN
- Authorizing Sub-account Full Access to VPCs
- Authorizing a Sub-account Full Access to VPCs Except Payment
- VOD
- Others
- API Documentation
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Making API Requests
- Identity Provider APIs
- Policy APIs
- UpdatePolicy
- ListPolicies
- ListEntitiesForPolicy
- ListAttachedUserPolicies
- ListAttachedGroupPolicies
- GetPolicy
- DetachUserPolicy
- DetachGroupPolicy
- DeletePolicy
- CreatePolicy
- AttachUserPolicy
- AttachGroupPolicy
- SetDefaultPolicyVersion
- ListPolicyVersions
- GetPolicyVersion
- DeletePolicyVersion
- CreatePolicyVersion
- ListAttachedUserAllPolicies
- User APIs
- CreateGroup
- UpdateUser
- UpdateGroup
- RemoveUserFromGroup
- ListUsersForGroup
- ListUsers
- ListGroupsForUser
- ListGroups
- GetUser
- GetGroup
- DeleteUser
- DeleteGroup
- AddUserToGroup
- AddUser
- SetMfaFlag
- GetCustomMFATokenInfo
- ConsumeCustomMFAToken
- ListCollaborators
- ListAccessKeys
- PutUserPermissionsBoundary
- DeleteUserPermissionsBoundary
- DescribeSafeAuthFlagColl
- DescribeSubAccounts
- GetSecurityLastUsed
- GetAccountSummary
- GetUserAppId
- UpdateAccessKey
- DeleteAccessKey
- CreateAccessKey
- Role APIs
- UpdateRoleDescription
- UpdateAssumeRolePolicy
- ListAttachedRolePolicies
- GetRole
- DetachRolePolicy
- DescribeRoleList
- DeleteRole
- CreateRole
- AttachRolePolicy
- UpdateRoleConsoleLogin
- GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus
- DeleteServiceLinkedRole
- CreateServiceLinkedRole
- PutRolePermissionsBoundary
- DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary
- DescribeSafeAuthFlag
- DescribeSafeAuthFlagIntl
- UntagRole
- TagRole
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- FAQs
- Glossary
Before you get started with roles, familiarize yourself with the basic terms, such as role, service role, custom role, role entity, and permission policy. For more terms, please see Glossary.
Role
A role is a virtual identity with a collection of permissions. It is used to grant permissions to role entities for them to access services and resources and perform operations in Tencent Cloud. Those permissions are granted to a role instead of a user or user group.
CAM supports two types of roles:
Service (preset) role: this is a role predefined by a Tencent Cloud service. Once you authorize a service role, the service can assume the role to access and perform operations on your resources.
Custom role: this is a role defined by yourself. You can decide which role entity you want to use and what permissions you want to grant to the role.
Roles can be used by:
Tencent Cloud root accounts that can assume roles.
Tencent Cloud sub-users or collaborators that can assume roles.
Roles can also be used by Tencent Cloud services that support roles. To check whether a Tencent Cloud service supports service roles, please see CAM-Enabled Products.
Service Role
A service role is a special preset CAM role provided directly by a Tencent Cloud service. The permissions associated with a service role are predefined by the corresponding service. Once you grant a service role to a service, it can call other Tencent Cloud services on your behalf within the scope of granted permissions. Service roles make it easier for you to use services, because you do not need to manually add permissions when creating a role. Instead, you only need to decide whether you want to grant a service the permissions associated with a service role.
When you grant a service role to a service, the permissions and role entity corresponding to the service role have already been defined. Unless you redefine the permissions, the service role can only be assumed by its corresponding service. A service role comes with a predefined role name, role entity, and permission policies.
Custom Role
A custom role is a CAM role defined by yourself. You can define the role name, role entity, and permissions, which allows you to manage access to your resources in a more flexible way.
Objects that are granted a role can get the corresponding permissions only when using the role, avoiding the security risks caused by persistent keys.
Role Entity
A role entity is an object allowed to have the permissions associated with a role. You can edit role entities by adding or deleting objects to allow them to assume roles to access your Tencent Cloud resources or prohibit them from doing so. Tencent Cloud supports two types of role entities: Tencent Cloud accounts and role-enabled Tencent Cloud services. To find out whether a Tencent Cloud service supports service roles, please see CAM-Enabled Products.
Permission Policy
A permission policy is a JSON file on permissions where you can define which operations a role can perform and what resources it can access. This file should conform to the CAM policy syntax rule.
Trust Policy
A trust policy is a JSON file on permissions where you can define which objects can assume a role and what conditions must be met before they can assume a role. This file should conform to the CAM policy syntax rule.
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