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Cedar

What is Cedar ?​

Basic Components​

Policy​

A policy is a statement that declares which principals are explicitly permitted/forbidden to perform an action on a resource.

The collection of policies together define the authorization rules for an application. A policy as as follow structure:

Policy can be created in two ways:

  • Static Policy: Standalone, complete policies that require no additional processing

  • Template-linked Policy: Policies created from a policy template that has placeholders for the principal, resource, or both. The template is completed by replacing the placeholders with specific values.

Entities​

Context​

Schema​

Deep Dive​

References​