General questions about Identity and Access Management

What do I need Yandex Identity and Access Management for?What do I need Yandex Identity and Access Management for?

The IAM service controls access to resources and lets you configure access rights. You determine who should have rights for a certain resource and what these rights are, while IAM grants access according to the assigned rights.

IAM enables you to:

• Manage access permissions for resources by assigning and revoking roles.
• Create service accounts. These are special accounts used for managing Yandex Cloud resources via the API.
• Get an IAM token for API authentication.

Other Yandex Cloud services use the IAM API to give you more options for managing access to their resources. For example, Yandex Compute Cloud additionally provides the compute.images.user role to manage access to disk images.

How do I get started with IAM?How do I get started with IAM?

To get started with IAM, you need to register with Yandex Cloud. Once registered, you will be able to use the IAM features.

How much does it cost to use IAM?How much does it cost to use IAM?

Using IAM is free of charge.

Can I get logs of my operations in Yandex Cloud?Can I get logs of my operations in Yandex Cloud?

Yes, you can request information about operations with your resources from Yandex Cloud logs. Do it by contacting support.