Have you ever wanted to initiate change in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account after you update a GitHub repository, or deploy updates in an AWS application after you merge a commit, without the use of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user access keys? If you configure an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider (IdP) inside an AWS account, you can use IAM roles and short-term credentials, which removes the need for IAM user access keys.

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