Infrastructure Resource Profiles SCIM Provisioning is the link between identity and infrastructure. SCIM defines how user and group data moves between systems. Profiles define how infrastructure resources—VMs, databases, containers—map into that identity model. When these two meet, provisioning becomes deterministic. A role in your IdP can spin up a cluster, grant database access, or tear it all down without manual steps.
Resource profiles are not generic templates. They carry attributes critical to provisioning: resource type, configuration, owner, lifecycle rules, and access controls. Combined with SCIM, these attributes map directly to identities and groups. Provisioning gets faster because logic shifts from scripts to standardized schemas. Security improves because access is defined once and enforced everywhere.
SCIM provisioning for infrastructure works best when profiles follow a predictable structure. Each profile should include: