Amazon Cloud Directory | Schemas

Question 1

How do I provision a new directory in Amazon Cloud Directory?

Schemas

Amazon Cloud Directory | Security, Identity & Compliance

Answer 1

You can provision a new directory in Amazon Cloud Directory with the following steps:

Sign in to any of your AWS accounts with privileges to manage Cloud Directory.

Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the Amazon Cloud Directory console.

Click Create New Directory.

Provide a name for your new directory.

Select a predefined schema, or create a new schema for your directory

After you have created the new directory, you can use the Amazon Cloud Directory APIs to start populating your container with objects that comply with the associated schema. If you have a single directory, you can start populating the directory with the objects based on schemas and facets you choose (such as products for a product catalog). If you have multiple directories of different entities, you can create a root node for each entity directory and then start populating your directory (such as user and device as two types of directories that you can build in one directory).

You can also use the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to perform the same steps to create a new Amazon Cloud Directory container. Amazon Cloud Directory provides an SDK to create, read, delete, and update directories programmatically.

Question 2

How do I create and manage schemas?

Schemas

Amazon Cloud Directory | Security, Identity & Compliance

Answer 2

Amazon Cloud Directory provides an SDK and CLI to create, read, and update schemas. Cloud Directory also supports uploading a compliant JSON file to create a schema. You can also create and manage schemas using the Cloud Directory console.