AWS Resource Access Manager

What is AWS Resource Access Manager?

AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) is a service that permits users to share their resources across AWS accounts or within their AWS Organization.

Resources that can be integrated with AWS RAM are:

● AWS App Mesh

● Amazon Aurora

● AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority

● AWS CodeBuild

● EC2 Image Builder

● AWS Glue

● AWS License Manager

● AWS Network Firewall

● AWS Outposts

● AWS Resource Groups

Benefits:

● The resource sharing feature of AWS RAM reduces customers’ need to create duplicate resources in each of their accounts.

● It controls the consumption of shared resources using existing policies and permissions.

● It can be integrated with Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail to provide detailed visibility into shared resources and accounts.

● Access control policies in AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Service Control Policies in AWS Organizations provide security and governance controls to AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM).

Price details:

● The charges only differ based on the resource type. No charges are applied for creating resource shares and sharing your resources across accounts.