Identity & Access Management

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a framework of policies and technologies used to ensure that the right users (or entities) have the appropriate access to IONOS Cloud resources. It helps you to control your resources securely and authenticate and authorize access users to use resources and your IONOS Cloud account.

Identity management

When you create an account with IONOS Cloud, you become the contract owner and can access your account using your username and password. To begin with, you login with a sign-in identity and will have access to all the services and resources associated with the account. Ensure that your contract owner credentials are safe.

Next, from your contract owner account, you can set up other users and assign them roles and resources they need. For example, an administrators can have additional permissions whereas or sub-users can have limited permissions.

Access management

Once you create sub-users, they can log in to the IONOS Cloud account using their credentials. The credentials are validated before authorizing access to the resources and privileges associated with the respective user account.

By managing identities and their access privileges, IAM helps protect sensitive data and systems, reducing the risk of unauthorized access. You can control who can access specific resources and ensure compliance with security standards and regulations for your organization.

Access Permissions

To access Identity & Access Management features, select Menu > Management on the top navigation menu of the DCD. You will see the following features in the drop-down menu:

Note: The features are subject to access levels based on the user's role.

Menu item

Contract Owner

Administrator

User

Users & Groups

Password Policy

+ (read-only)

Token Manager