Assume Role - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Assume role is the act of an identity temporarily taking on a different role's permissions, receiving short-lived credentials scoped to that role for the duration of a task.
Assume role is the act of an identity temporarily taking on a different role's permissions, receiving short-lived credentials scoped to that role for the duration of a task.
A CI job typically assumes a deploy role via OIDC, gaining just-in-time access that expires when the job ends.
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