community.aws.iam_policy (4.3.0) — module

Manage inline IAM policies for users, groups, and roles

| "added in version" 1.0.0 of community.aws"

Authors: Jonathan I. Davila (@defionscode), Dennis Podkovyrin (@sbj-ss)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws:==4.3.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.aws
      version: 4.3.0

Description

Allows uploading or removing inline IAM policies for IAM users, groups or roles.

To administer managed policies please see M(community.aws.iam_user), M(community.aws.iam_role), M(community.aws.iam_group) and M(community.aws.iam_managed_policy)


Requirements

Usage examples

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# Create a policy with the name of 'Admin' to the group 'administrators'
- name: Assign a policy called Admin to the administrators group
  community.aws.iam_policy:
    iam_type: group
    iam_name: administrators
    policy_name: Admin
    state: present
    policy_document: admin_policy.json
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# Advanced example, create two new groups and add a READ-ONLY policy to both
# groups.
- name: Create Two Groups, Mario and Luigi
  community.aws.iam_group:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
  loop:
     - Mario
     - Luigi
  register: new_groups
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- name: Apply READ-ONLY policy to new groups that have been recently created
  community.aws.iam_policy:
    iam_type: group
    iam_name: "{{ item.iam_group.group.group_name }}"
    policy_name: "READ-ONLY"
    policy_json: "{{ lookup('template', 'readonly.json.j2') }}"
    state: present
  loop: "{{ new_groups.results }}"
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# Create a new S3 policy with prefix per user
- name: Create S3 policy from template
  community.aws.iam_policy:
    iam_type: user
    iam_name: "{{ item.user }}"
    policy_name: "s3_limited_access_{{ item.prefix }}"
    state: present
    policy_json: "{{ lookup('template', 's3_policy.json.j2') }}"
    loop:
      - user: s3_user
        prefix: s3_user_prefix

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether to create or delete the IAM policy.
    type: str

region:
    aliases:
    - aws_region
    - ec2_region
    description:
    - The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
      environment variable, if any, is used. See U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region)
    type: str

ec2_url:
    aliases:
    - aws_endpoint_url
    - endpoint_url
    description:
    - Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will
      use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified
      for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL
      environment variable, if any, is used.
    type: str

profile:
    aliases:
    - aws_profile
    description:
    - Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
    - Using I(profile) will override I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token)
      and support for passing them at the same time as I(profile) has been deprecated.
    - I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token) will be made mutually
      exclusive with I(profile) after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

iam_name:
    description:
    - Name of IAM resource you wish to target for policy actions. In other words, the
      user name, group name or role name.
    required: true
    type: str

iam_type:
    choices:
    - user
    - group
    - role
    description:
    - Type of IAM resource.
    required: true
    type: str

aws_config:
    description:
    - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
    - Parameters can be found at U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config).
    - Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See U(http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto)
      for more boto configuration.
    type: dict

policy_json:
    description:
    - A properly json formatted policy as string.
    - Mutually exclusive with I(policy_document).
    type: json

policy_name:
    description:
    - The name label for the policy to create or remove.
    required: true
    type: str

aws_ca_bundle:
    description:
    - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
    - Only used for boto3 based modules.
    - 'Note: The CA Bundle is read ''module'' side and may need to be explicitly copied
      from the controller if not run locally.'
    type: path

aws_access_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_access_key
    - access_key
    description:
    - AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY
      or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

aws_secret_key:
    aliases:
    - ec2_secret_key
    - secret_key
    description:
    - AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY,
      or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(aws_secret_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

security_token:
    aliases:
    - aws_security_token
    - access_token
    description:
    - AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN
      environment variable is used.
    - If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
    - Passing the I(security_token) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
      and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
    type: bool

policy_document:
    description:
    - The path to the properly json formatted policy file.
    - Mutually exclusive with I(policy_json).
    - This option has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.  The
      existing behavior can be reproduced by using the I(policy_json) option and reading
      the file using the lookup plugin.
    type: str

skip_duplicates:
    description:
    - When I(skip_duplicates=true) the module looks for any policies that match the document
      you pass in. If there is a match it will not make a new policy object with the same
      rules.
    - The current default is C(true).  However, this behavior can be confusing and as
      such the default will change to C(false) in a release after 2022-06-01.  To maintain
      the existing behavior explicitly set I(skip_duplicates=true).
    type: bool

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - 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.
    type: bool

Outputs

policy_names:
  description: A list of names of the inline policies embedded in the specified IAM
    resource (user, group, or role).
  elements: str
  returned: always
  type: list