Access Management

Resource types

Resource types define a template for the resources that policies apply to, and the actions that can be performed on those resources.

AM needs a policy to decide whether a user can access a resource. When you configure a policy, you also configure a resource (or a pattern to match several resources) that the policy applies to, and the actions that the policy allows or denies.

Resource types are templates that you can define once and reuse in several policies. For example, you could create a template that always allows PUT and POST operations from your internal network.

Default resource types

AM includes two resource types by default: URL and OAuth2 Scope. These default resource types are sufficient for most environments.

URL resource type

The URL resource type acts as a template for protecting web pages or applications. It contains resource patterns, such as *://*:*/*?*, that can be more specific when used in the policy.

This resource type supports the following actions:

GET
POST
PUT
HEAD
PATCH
DELETE
OPTIONS

For example, an application for Example.com’s HR service might contain resource types that constrain all policies to apply to URL resource types under http*://example.com/hr* and http*://example.com/hr*?*, and only allow HTTP GET and POST actions.

AM also includes a resource type to protect REST endpoints, with patterns including https://*:*/*?* and the CRUDPAQ actions:

CREATE
READ
UPDATE
DELETE
PATCH
ACTION
QUERY

OAuth2 Scope resource type

The OAuth2 Scope resource type acts as a template for granting or denying OAuth 2.0 scopes. It contains a string-based scope pattern, *, and two URL-based scope patterns, such as *://*:*/*?*. The resource supports the GRANT action, which can be allowed or denied.