General questions about Identity and Access Management

What is the service used for Yandex Identity and Access Management?What is the service used for Yandex Identity and Access Management?

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 allows you to:

• Manage access rights to resources by assigning and revoking roles.
• Create service accounts. This is a special account used for managing resources Yandex Cloud via the API.
• Get an IAM token that is required for authorization via the API.

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

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

To start working with IAM, you need to register with Yandex Cloud. After registration, you will be able to use the features IAM.

How much does it cost to use the serviceIAM?How much does it cost to use the serviceIAM?

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.