You Spoke, We Listened—the Updated Astra IAM Experience is Here!

The text introduces serverless Astra DB and its improvements in identity and access management (IAM). New default roles have been added for easier selection based on specific use cases. Custom roles can now be created within Role Management, allowing permissions to be scoped at the organization level or specific databases, keyspaces, or tables without using CQL. Application tokens are managed at the organization level and can generate databases within an organization. These tokens do not automatically expire but can be destroyed if compromised or no longer needed. Client ID and client secret are used for authentication against databases created on or after March 4, 2021. The text also mentions that custom roles, application tokens, and organization users can be managed within Astra itself or the DevOps API, allowing automation of authentication and authorization management while maintaining easy auditing and quick changes.