amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy module – Manage User Managed IAM policies

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 11.3.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Allows creating and removing managed IAM policies.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.35.0
botocore >= 1.35.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
access_key aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key string	AWS access key ID. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.
aws_ca_bundle path	The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. The `AWS_CA_BUNDLE` environment variable may also be used.
aws_config dictionary	A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean	Use a `botocore.endpoint` logger to parse the unique (rather than total) `"resource:action"` API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the `aws_resource_action` callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The `ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS` environment variable may also be used. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
description aliases: policy_description string	A helpful description of this policy, this value is immutable and only set when creating a new policy. The parameter was renamed from `policy_description` to `description` in release 7.2.0.
endpoint_url aliases: aws_endpoint_url string	URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS. The `AWS_URL` environment variable may also be used.
make_default boolean	Make this revision the default revision. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
name aliases: policy_name string / required	The name of the managed policy. Note: Policy names are unique within an account. Paths (`path`) do not affect the uniqueness requirements of `name`. For example it is not permitted to have both `/Path1/MyPolicy` and `/Path2/MyPolicy` in the same account. The parameter was renamed from `policy_name` to `name` in release 7.2.0.
only_version boolean	Remove all other non default revisions, if this is used with `make_default` it will result in all other versions of this policy being deleted. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
path aliases: prefix, path_prefix string added in amazon.aws 7.2.0	The path for the managed policy. For more information about IAM paths, see the AWS IAM identifiers documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html.
policy json	A properly json formatted policy
profile aliases: aws_profile string	A named AWS profile to use for authentication. See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html. The `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable may also be used. The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and session_token options.
purge_tags boolean	If `purge_tags=true` and `tags` is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by `tags` parameter. If the `tags` parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if `purge_tags=True`. Tag keys beginning with `aws:` are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified. As such they will be ignored for the purposes of the `purge_tags` parameter. See the Amazon documentation for more information https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
region aliases: aws_region string	The AWS region to use. For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored. The `AWS_REGION` environment variable may also be used. See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.
secret_key aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key string	AWS secret access key. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.
session_token aliases: aws_session_token string	AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN` environment variable may also be used. The session_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.
state string	Should this managed policy be present or absent. Set to absent to detach all entities from this policy and remove it if found. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
tags aliases: resource_tags dictionary	A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource. If the `tags` parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.
validate_certs boolean	When set to `false`, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Notes

Note

Support for tags and purge_tags was added in release 7.2.0.
Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.
The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

# Create a policy
- name: Create IAM Managed Policy
  amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy:
    policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
    policy_description: "A Helpful managed policy"
    policy: "{{ lookup('template', 'managed_policy.json.j2') }}"
    state: present

# Update a policy with a new default version
- name: Update an IAM Managed Policy with new default version
  amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy:
    policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
    policy: "{{ lookup('file', 'managed_policy_update.json') }}"
    state: present

# Update a policy with a new non default version
- name: Update an IAM Managed Policy with a non default version
  amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy:
    policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
    policy:
      Version: "2012-10-17"
      Statement:
        - Effect: "Allow"
          Action: "logs:CreateLogGroup"
          Resource: "*"
    make_default: false
    state: present

# Update a policy and make it the only version and the default version
- name: Update an IAM Managed Policy with default version as the only version
  amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy:
    policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
    policy: |
      {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement":[{
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
          "Resource": "*"
        }]
      }
    only_version: true
    state: present

# Remove a policy
- name: Remove an existing IAM Managed Policy
  amazon.aws.iam_managed_policy:
    policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
policy complex	Returns the basic policy information, when `state=absent` this will return the value of the removed policy. Returned: always
arn string	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the policy. Returned: success Sample: `"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/ansible-test-12345/ansible-test-12345-policy"`
attachment_count integer	The number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to. Returned: success Sample: `5`
create_date string	The date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the policy was created. Returned: success Sample: `"2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00"`
default_version_id string	The default policy version to use. Returned: success Sample: `"/ansible-test-12345/"`
description string	A friendly description of the policy. Returned: success Sample: `"My Example Policy"`
is_attachable boolean	Specifies whether the policy can be attached to an IAM entities. Returned: success Sample: `false`
path string	The path to the policy. Returned: success Sample: `"/ansible-test-12345/"`
permissions_boundary_usage_count integer	The number of IAM entities (users, groups, and roles) using the policy as a permissions boundary. Returned: success Sample: `5`
policy_id string	The stable and globally unique string identifying the policy. Returned: success Sample: `"ANPA12345EXAMPLE12345"`
policy_name string	The friendly name identifying the policy. Returned: success Sample: `"ansible-test-12345-policy"`
tags dictionary	A dictionary representing the tags attached to the managed policy. Returned: success Sample: `{"Env": "Prod"}`
update_date string	The date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the policy was last updated. Returned: success Sample: `"2017-02-08T05:12:13+00:00"`

Authors

Dan Kozlowski (@dkhenry)

Collection links

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