Trusted identity propagation use cases
As an IAM Identity Center administrator, you might be asked to help configure trusted identity propagation between the following initiating applications that support this capability and connected AWS services. The following sections provide more information about the specific use cases supported by applications that can initiate trusted identity propagation.
Topics
Amazon EMR
You can use Amazon EMR as the initiating application for the following trusted identity propagation use cases.
| Description | Other AWS services used | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
|
Run interactive analyses with Apache Spark on Amazon EMR on Amazon EC2 clusters through Amazon EMR Studio. Apply access control based on workforce identities and associated attributes for AWS Glue Catalog through AWS Lake Formation. |
Amazon EMR on Amazon EC2 authorized through AWS Lake Formation, Amazon S3 Access Grants, Amazon S3, AWS Service Catalog Note
|
|
|
Run adhoc analyses with Trino on Athena through Amazon EMR Studio. Apply access control based on workforce identities and associated attributes for AWS Glue Catalog through AWS Lake Formation. Secure access to an Athena query result bucket location in Amazon S3 by using Amazon S3 Access Grants. |
Athena authorized through AWS Lake Formation, Amazon S3 Access Grants NoteRequires access through Amazon EMR Studio. Direct access from the Amazon Athena console is not supported. |
|
Amazon QuickSight
You can use Amazon QuickSight as the initiating application for the following trusted identity propagation use cases.
| Description | Other AWS services used | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
|
Amazon QuickSight users can query Amazon Redshift data. Data access is granted in Amazon Redshift by an Amazon Redshift administrator. |
Amazon Redshift |
|
|
Amazon QuickSight users can query Amazon Redshift Spectrum for structured data in Amazon S3, with access that is authorized by an AWS Lake Formation administrator. |
Amazon Redshift Spectrum, Amazon S3 structured data *Through Amazon Redshift Spectrum authorized through AWS Lake Formation |
|
|
Amazon QuickSight users can query Amazon Redshift datashares for structured data in Amazon S3, with access that is authorized by an AWS Lake Formation administrator. |
Amazon Redshift datashares, Amazon S3 structured data *Through Amazon Redshift authorized through AWS Lake Formation |
|
Amazon Redshift query editor v2
You can use Amazon Redshift query editor v2 as the initiating application for the following trusted identity propagation use cases.
| Description | Other AWS services used | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
|
Amazon Redshift query editor v2 users can query Amazon Redshift data. Data access is granted in Amazon Redshift by an Amazon Redshift administrator. |
Amazon Redshift |
|
|
Amazon Redshift query editor v2 users can query Amazon Redshift Spectrum external tables for structured data in Amazon S3, with access that is authorized by an AWS Lake Formation administrator. |
Amazon Redshift Spectrum, Amazon S3 structured data *Through Amazon Redshift Spectrum authorized through AWS Lake Formation |
|
|
Amazon Redshift query editor v2 users can query Amazon Redshift datashares with access that is authorized by an AWS Lake Formation administrator. |
Amazon Redshift datashares, AWS Lake Formation |
|
Third-party business intelligence applications
You can use a third-party business intelligence application such as Tableau, as the initiating application for specific trusted identity propagation use cases. Modified third-party business intelligence applications can pass the Amazon Redshift driver the identity of a user through OAuth identity tokens or access tokens, to query Amazon Redshift for data, with access that is authorized by an Amazon Redshift administrator.
Tableau
You can use Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, and Tableau Prep as the initiating applications for the following trusted identity propagation use cases.
| Description | Other AWS services used | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
|
Tableau users can query Amazon Redshift data. Data access is granted in Amazon Redshift by an Amazon Redshift administrator. |
Amazon Redshift |
|
|
Tableau users can query Amazon Redshift Spectrum external tables for structured data in Amazon S3, with access control based on workforce identities and associated attributes for AWS Glue Data Catalog through AWS Lake Formation. |
Amazon Redshift Spectrum, Amazon S3 structured data *Through Amazon Redshift Spectrum authorized via AWS Lake Formation |
|
|
Tableau users can query Amazon Redshift datashares with access control based on workforce identities and associated attributes for AWS Glue Data Catalog through AWS Lake Formation. |
Amazon Redshift datashares, AWS Lake Formation |
|
Custom-developed applications
You can use your own custom-developed applications as an initiating application for the following trusted identity propagation use cases.
| Description | Other AWS services used | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
|
Create an application that authenticates users through an OAuth authorization server, then use AWS IAM Identity Center and IAM to obtain an identity-enhanced IAM role credential. This credential is used to request access to unstructured data in Amazon S3, with access that is authorized by an Amazon S3 Access Grants administrator. |
AWS IAM Identity Center, Amazon S3 unstructured data *Authorized through Amazon S3 Access Grants |
|
|
Build a custom application that interacts with Amazon Q Business to respond to user questions based on your own content and the user's permissions. |
IAM Identity Center, Amazon Q Business |
|
