Use CreateGroup with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Use CreateGroup with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateGroup.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To create an IAM group

The following create-group command creates an IAM group named Admins.

aws iam create-group \
    --group-name Admins

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "Path": "/",
        "CreateDate": "2015-03-09T20:30:24.940Z",
        "GroupId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Admins",
        "GroupName": "Admins"
    }
}

For more information, see Creating IAM user groups in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository. 

import { CreateGroupCommand, IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam";

const client = new IAMClient({});

/**
 *
 * @param {string} groupName
 */
export const createGroup = async (groupName) => {
  const command = new CreateGroupCommand({ GroupName: groupName });

  const response = await client.send(command);
  console.log(response);
  return response;
};

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in Amazon SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example creates a new IAM group named Developers.

New-IAMGroup -GroupName Developers

Output:

Arn        : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Developers
CreateDate : 4/14/2015 11:21:31 AM
GroupId    : QNEJ5PM4NFSQCEXAMPLE1
GroupName  : Developers
Path       : /

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example creates a new IAM group named Developers.

New-IAMGroup -GroupName Developers

Output:

Arn        : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Developers
CreateDate : 4/14/2015 11:21:31 AM
GroupId    : QNEJ5PM4NFSQCEXAMPLE1
GroupName  : Developers
Path       : /

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.