Dirless maps your cloud users to native Linux identities - no LDAP, no FreeIPA, no extra infrastructure. Add someone in the AWS Identity Center or the web portal and they show up on every host.
Modern teams manage users in AWS IAM Identity Center. But Linux servers have no idea those users exist. The traditional fix is painful.
FreeIPA or a fake LDAP server - with its own servers, replication, and failure modes.
Add someone in the AWS Identity Center, then add them again in LDAP. Remove them, hope you remembered everywhere.
If your LDAP server is down, nobody can log in anywhere. A directory outage becomes a fleet-wide lockout.
Dirless SyncerDirless BackendDirless AgentDirless NSS moduleDirless is purpose-built for simplicity. Each piece does one thing well, and the whole system runs on your existing infrastructure.
See how it works →More than just user resolution - a complete identity foundation for your Linux fleet.
Every user and group gets a stable UID/GID that is identical across your entire fleet. Shared filesystems like EFS and NFS work correctly because alice is always UID 40001 - everywhere.
Remove a user from IAM Identity Center and they are gone from every host on the next sync. No manual cleanup, no stale accounts, no forgotten servers.
NSS lookups read the local database - no network call at query time. A backend outage or network disruption does not lock users out of their hosts.
ls -la, ps aux, audit logs - they all show real usernames,
not raw UIDs. Your forensics team will thank you.
Add and remove local users, monitor enrolled nodes, and manage your deployment through a web dashboard - no CLI needed.
AWS Systems Manager can run sessions as the connecting Identity Center user
instead of the generic ssm-user - but only if that user exists in the OS.
Dirless makes that happen automatically.
Identity snapshots are encrypted with AGE before leaving the backend. The private key lives only on your host. Even if the backend is compromised, your identity data stays private.
No per-user fees that scale with your headcount. Pay for the servers you enroll, nothing more. All plans include the full feature set - hosted on our global 3-node cluster.
Free forever. A permanent tier for small setups and evaluation.
For growing teams who need more capacity without worrying about per-user costs piling up.
For larger fleets. Fixed cost regardless of how many users are in your Identity Center.
For large organizations with custom requirements. Get in touch and we'll put together a plan that fits.
Questions? Email us at info@dirless.com
Enroll your first node in under a minute. No infrastructure changes required.
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