iam - Manage IAM users, groups, roles and keys

• Synopsis
• Requirements (on host that executes module)
• Options
• Examples
• Return Values
• Notes
  • Status

Synopsis

• Allows for the management of IAM users, user API keys, groups, roles.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• python >= 2.6
• boto

Options

Examples

# Basic user creation example
tasks:
- name: Create two new IAM users with API keys
  iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    password: "{{ temp_pass }}"
    access_key_state: create
  with_items:
    - jcleese
    - mpython

# Advanced example, create two new groups and add the pre-existing user
# jdavila to both groups.
task:
- name: Create Two Groups, Mario and Luigi
  iam:
    iam_type: group
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
  with_items:
     - Mario
     - Luigi
  register: new_groups

- name:
  iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: jdavila
    state: update
    groups: "{{ item.created_group.group_name }}"
  with_items: "{{ new_groups.results }}"

# Example of role with custom trust policy for Lambda service
- name: Create IAM role with custom trust relationship
  iam:
    iam_type: role
    name: AAALambdaTestRole
    state: present
    trust_policy:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Action: sts:AssumeRole
        Effect: Allow
        Principal:
          Service: lambda.amazonaws.com

Return Values

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

Notes

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

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