# Workload Identity

The guides in this section explain how to use Workload Identity, which securely issues flexible short-lived identities to workloads in your infrastructure.

## Getting started

- [Introduction to Workload Identity](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/introduction.md): Describes Teleport Workload Identity, which securely issues flexible, short-lived cryptographic identities to workloads and non-human identities.
- [Introduction to SPIFFE](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/spiffe.md): Learn about Secure Production Identity Framework For Everyone (SPIFFE) and how it is implemented by Teleport Workload Identity
- [Getting Started with Workload Identity](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/getting-started.md): Getting started with Teleport Workload Identity for SPIFFE

## Configuration Guides

[AWS OIDC Federation](https://goteleport.com/docs/aws-oidc-federation)[AWS Roles Anywhere](https://goteleport.com/docs/aws-roles-anywhere)[Azure Federated Credentials](https://goteleport.com/docs/azure-federated-credentials)[GCP Workload Identity Federation](https://goteleport.com/docs/gcp-workload-identity-federation-jwt)[Manually issue SPIFFE SVIDs with Teleport CLI tool tsh](https://goteleport.com/docs/tsh)

## Configuration management

- [Best Practices for Teleport Workload Identity](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/best-practices.md): Answers common questions and describes best practices for using Teleport Workload Identity in production.
- [JWT SVIDs](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/jwt-svids.md): An overview of the JWT SVIDs issued by Teleport Workload Identity
- [SPIFFE Federation](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/federation.md): An overview of the Teleport Workload Identity SPIFFE Federation feature.
- [Workload Attestation](https://goteleport.com/docs/reference/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/workload-identity-api-and-workload-attestation.md): An overview of the Teleport Workload Identity Workload Attestation feature.
- [Workload Identity Resource](https://goteleport.com/docs/reference/machine-workload-identity/workload-identity/workload-identity-resource.md): The full reference for the Workload Identity resource.