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AWS v6.75.0 published on Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 by Pulumi

aws.iam.Policy

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Provides an IAM policy.

NOTE: We suggest using explicit JSON encoding or aws.iam.getPolicyDocument when assigning a value to policy. They seamlessly translate configuration to JSON, enabling you to maintain consistency within your configuration without the need for context switches. Also, you can sidestep potential complications arising from formatting discrepancies, whitespace inconsistencies, and other nuances inherent to JSON.

Example Usage

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";

const policy = new aws.iam.Policy("policy", {
    name: "test_policy",
    path: "/",
    description: "My test policy",
    policy: JSON.stringify({
        Version: "2012-10-17",
        Statement: [{
            Action: ["ec2:Describe*"],
            Effect: "Allow",
            Resource: "*",
        }],
    }),
});
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import pulumi
import json
import pulumi_aws as aws

policy = aws.iam.Policy("policy",
    name="test_policy",
    path="/",
    description="My test policy",
    policy=json.dumps({
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [{
            "Action": ["ec2:Describe*"],
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Resource": "*",
        }],
    }))
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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"

	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/sdk/v6/go/aws/iam"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		tmpJSON0, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
			"Version": "2012-10-17",
			"Statement": []map[string]interface{}{
				map[string]interface{}{
					"Action": []string{
						"ec2:Describe*",
					},
					"Effect":   "Allow",
					"Resource": "*",
				},
			},
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		json0 := string(tmpJSON0)
		_, err = iam.NewPolicy(ctx, "policy", &iam.PolicyArgs{
			Name:        pulumi.String("test_policy"),
			Path:        pulumi.String("/"),
			Description: pulumi.String("My test policy"),
			Policy:      pulumi.String(json0),
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	})
}
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.Json;
using Pulumi;
using Aws = Pulumi.Aws;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() => 
{
    var policy = new Aws.Iam.Policy("policy", new()
    {
        Name = "test_policy",
        Path = "/",
        Description = "My test policy",
        PolicyDocument = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new Dictionary<string, object?>
        {
            ["Version"] = "2012-10-17",
            ["Statement"] = new[]
            {
                new Dictionary<string, object?>
                {
                    ["Action"] = new[]
                    {
                        "ec2:Describe*",
                    },
                    ["Effect"] = "Allow",
                    ["Resource"] = "*",
                },
            },
        }),
    });

});
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package generated_program;

import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.aws.iam.Policy;
import com.pulumi.aws.iam.PolicyArgs;
import static com.pulumi.codegen.internal.Serialization.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(App::stack);
    }

    public static void stack(Context ctx) {
        var policy = new Policy("policy", PolicyArgs.builder()
            .name("test_policy")
            .path("/")
            .description("My test policy")
            .policy(serializeJson(
                jsonObject(
                    jsonProperty("Version", "2012-10-17"),
                    jsonProperty("Statement", jsonArray(jsonObject(
                        jsonProperty("Action", jsonArray("ec2:Describe*")),
                        jsonProperty("Effect", "Allow"),
                        jsonProperty("Resource", "*")
                    )))
                )))
            .build());

    }
}
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resources:
  policy:
    type: aws:iam:Policy
    properties:
      name: test_policy
      path: /
      description: My test policy
      policy:
        fn::toJSON:
          Version: 2012-10-17
          Statement:
            - Action:
                - ec2:Describe*
              Effect: Allow
              Resource: '*'
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Create Policy Resource

Resources are created with functions called constructors. To learn more about declaring and configuring resources, see Resources.

Constructor syntax

new Policy(name: string, args: PolicyArgs, opts?: CustomResourceOptions);
@overload
def Policy(resource_name: str,
           args: PolicyArgs,
           opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None)

@overload
def Policy(resource_name: str,
           opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
           policy: Optional[str] = None,
           description: Optional[str] = None,
           name: Optional[str] = None,
           name_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
           path: Optional[str] = None,
           tags: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None)
func NewPolicy(ctx *Context, name string, args PolicyArgs, opts ...ResourceOption) (*Policy, error)
public Policy(string name, PolicyArgs args, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
public Policy(String name, PolicyArgs args)
public Policy(String name, PolicyArgs args, CustomResourceOptions options)
type: aws:iam:Policy
properties: # The arguments to resource properties.
options: # Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

Parameters

name This property is required. string
The unique name of the resource.
args This property is required. PolicyArgs
The arguments to resource properties.
opts CustomResourceOptions
Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
resource_name This property is required. str
The unique name of the resource.
args This property is required. PolicyArgs
The arguments to resource properties.
opts ResourceOptions
Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
ctx Context
Context object for the current deployment.
name This property is required. string
The unique name of the resource.
args This property is required. PolicyArgs
The arguments to resource properties.
opts ResourceOption
Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
name This property is required. string
The unique name of the resource.
args This property is required. PolicyArgs
The arguments to resource properties.
opts CustomResourceOptions
Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
name This property is required. String
The unique name of the resource.
args This property is required. PolicyArgs
The arguments to resource properties.
options CustomResourceOptions
Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

Constructor example

The following reference example uses placeholder values for all input properties.

var examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy = new Aws.Iam.Policy("examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy", new()
{
    PolicyDocument = "string",
    Description = "string",
    Name = "string",
    NamePrefix = "string",
    Path = "string",
    Tags = 
    {
        { "string", "string" },
    },
});
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example, err := iam.NewPolicy(ctx, "examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy", &iam.PolicyArgs{
	Policy:      pulumi.Any("string"),
	Description: pulumi.String("string"),
	Name:        pulumi.String("string"),
	NamePrefix:  pulumi.String("string"),
	Path:        pulumi.String("string"),
	Tags: pulumi.StringMap{
		"string": pulumi.String("string"),
	},
})
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var examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy = new Policy("examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy", PolicyArgs.builder()
    .policy("string")
    .description("string")
    .name("string")
    .namePrefix("string")
    .path("string")
    .tags(Map.of("string", "string"))
    .build());
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examplepolicy_resource_resource_from_iampolicy = aws.iam.Policy("examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy",
    policy="string",
    description="string",
    name="string",
    name_prefix="string",
    path="string",
    tags={
        "string": "string",
    })
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const examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy = new aws.iam.Policy("examplepolicyResourceResourceFromIampolicy", {
    policy: "string",
    description: "string",
    name: "string",
    namePrefix: "string",
    path: "string",
    tags: {
        string: "string",
    },
});
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type: aws:iam:Policy
properties:
    description: string
    name: string
    namePrefix: string
    path: string
    policy: string
    tags:
        string: string
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Policy Resource Properties

To learn more about resource properties and how to use them, see Inputs and Outputs in the Architecture and Concepts docs.

Inputs

In Python, inputs that are objects can be passed either as argument classes or as dictionary literals.

The Policy resource accepts the following input properties:

PolicyDocument This property is required. string | string
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
Description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
Name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
NamePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
Path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
Tags Dictionary<string, string>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
Policy This property is required. string | string
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
Description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
Name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
NamePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
Path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
Tags map[string]string
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
policy This property is required. String | String
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
tags Map<String,String>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
policy This property is required. string | PolicyDocument
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
tags {[key: string]: string}
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
policy This property is required. str | str
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
name_prefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
tags Mapping[str, str]
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
policy This property is required. String |
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
tags Map<String>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.

Outputs

All input properties are implicitly available as output properties. Additionally, the Policy resource produces the following output properties:

Arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
AttachmentCount int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
Id string
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
PolicyId string
Policy's ID.
TagsAll Dictionary<string, string>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

Arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
AttachmentCount int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
Id string
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
PolicyId string
Policy's ID.
TagsAll map[string]string
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn String
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount Integer
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
id String
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
policyId String
Policy's ID.
tagsAll Map<String,String>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount number
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
id string
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
policyId string
Policy's ID.
tagsAll {[key: string]: string}
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn str
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachment_count int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
id str
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
policy_id str
Policy's ID.
tags_all Mapping[str, str]
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn String
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount Number
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
id String
The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
policyId String
Policy's ID.
tagsAll Map<String>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

Look up Existing Policy Resource

Get an existing Policy resource’s state with the given name, ID, and optional extra properties used to qualify the lookup.

public static get(name: string, id: Input<ID>, state?: PolicyState, opts?: CustomResourceOptions): Policy
@staticmethod
def get(resource_name: str,
        id: str,
        opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
        arn: Optional[str] = None,
        attachment_count: Optional[int] = None,
        description: Optional[str] = None,
        name: Optional[str] = None,
        name_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
        path: Optional[str] = None,
        policy: Optional[str] = None,
        policy_id: Optional[str] = None,
        tags: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
        tags_all: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None) -> Policy
func GetPolicy(ctx *Context, name string, id IDInput, state *PolicyState, opts ...ResourceOption) (*Policy, error)
public static Policy Get(string name, Input<string> id, PolicyState? state, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
public static Policy get(String name, Output<String> id, PolicyState state, CustomResourceOptions options)
resources:  _:    type: aws:iam:Policy    get:      id: ${id}
name This property is required.
The unique name of the resulting resource.
id This property is required.
The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
state
Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
opts
A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
resource_name This property is required.
The unique name of the resulting resource.
id This property is required.
The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
name This property is required.
The unique name of the resulting resource.
id This property is required.
The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
state
Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
opts
A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
name This property is required.
The unique name of the resulting resource.
id This property is required.
The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
state
Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
opts
A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
name This property is required.
The unique name of the resulting resource.
id This property is required.
The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
state
Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
opts
A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
The following state arguments are supported:
Arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
AttachmentCount int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
Description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
Name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
NamePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
Path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
PolicyDocument string | string
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
PolicyId string
Policy's ID.
Tags Dictionary<string, string>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
TagsAll Dictionary<string, string>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

Arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
AttachmentCount int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
Description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
Name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
NamePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
Path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
Policy string | string
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
PolicyId string
Policy's ID.
Tags map[string]string
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
TagsAll map[string]string
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn String
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount Integer
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
policy String | String
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
policyId String
Policy's ID.
tags Map<String,String>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
tagsAll Map<String,String>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn string
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount number
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. string
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
policy string | PolicyDocument
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
policyId string
Policy's ID.
tags {[key: string]: string}
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
tagsAll {[key: string]: string}
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn str
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachment_count int
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
name_prefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. str
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
policy str | str
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
policy_id str
Policy's ID.
tags Mapping[str, str]
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
tags_all Mapping[str, str]
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

arn String
ARN assigned by AWS to this policy.
attachmentCount Number
Number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
description Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Description of the IAM policy.
name Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Name of the policy. If omitted, the provider will assign a random, unique name.
namePrefix Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with name.
path Changes to this property will trigger replacement. String
Path in which to create the policy. See IAM Identifiers for more information.
policy String |
Policy document. This is a JSON formatted string. For more information about building AWS IAM policy documents, see the AWS IAM Policy Document Guide
policyId String
Policy's ID.
tags Map<String>
Map of resource tags for the IAM Policy. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
tagsAll Map<String>
A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Deprecated: Please use tags instead.

Import

Using pulumi import, import IAM Policies using the arn. For example:

$ pulumi import aws:iam/policy:Policy administrator arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/UsersManageOwnCredentials
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To learn more about importing existing cloud resources, see Importing resources.

Package Details

Repository
AWS Classic pulumi/pulumi-aws
License
Apache-2.0
Notes
This Pulumi package is based on the aws Terraform Provider.