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Use CreatePolicy with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreatePolicy.

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.NET
Amazon SDK for .NET
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/// <summary> /// Create an IAM policy. /// </summary> /// <param name="policyName">The name to give the new IAM policy.</param> /// <param name="policyDocument">The policy document for the new policy.</param> /// <returns>The new IAM policy object.</returns> public async Task<ManagedPolicy> CreatePolicyAsync(string policyName, string policyDocument) { var response = await _IAMService.CreatePolicyAsync(new CreatePolicyRequest { PolicyDocument = policyDocument, PolicyName = policyName, }); return response.Policy; }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for .NET API Reference.

Bash
Amazon CLI with Bash script
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############################################################################### # function errecho # # This function outputs everything sent to it to STDERR (standard error output). ############################################################################### function errecho() { printf "%s\n" "$*" 1>&2 } ############################################################################### # function iam_create_policy # # This function creates an IAM policy. # # Parameters: # -n policy_name -- The name of the IAM policy. # -p policy_json -- The policy document. # # Returns: # 0 - If successful. # 1 - If it fails. ############################################################################### function iam_create_policy() { local policy_name policy_document response local option OPTARG # Required to use getopts command in a function. # bashsupport disable=BP5008 function usage() { echo "function iam_create_policy" echo "Creates an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy." echo " -n policy_name The name of the IAM policy." echo " -p policy_json -- The policy document." echo "" } # Retrieve the calling parameters. while getopts "n:p:h" option; do case "${option}" in n) policy_name="${OPTARG}" ;; p) policy_document="${OPTARG}" ;; h) usage return 0 ;; \?) echo "Invalid parameter" usage return 1 ;; esac done export OPTIND=1 if [[ -z "$policy_name" ]]; then errecho "ERROR: You must provide a policy name with the -n parameter." usage return 1 fi if [[ -z "$policy_document" ]]; then errecho "ERROR: You must provide a policy document with the -p parameter." usage return 1 fi response=$(aws iam create-policy \ --policy-name "$policy_name" \ --policy-document "$policy_document" \ --output text \ --query Policy.Arn) local error_code=${?} if [[ $error_code -ne 0 ]]; then aws_cli_error_log $error_code errecho "ERROR: AWS reports create-policy operation failed.\n$response" return 1 fi echo "$response" }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

C++
SDK for C++
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Aws::String AwsDoc::IAM::createPolicy(const Aws::String &policyName, const Aws::String &rsrcArn, const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfig) { Aws::IAM::IAMClient iam(clientConfig); Aws::IAM::Model::CreatePolicyRequest request; request.SetPolicyName(policyName); request.SetPolicyDocument(BuildSamplePolicyDocument(rsrcArn)); Aws::IAM::Model::CreatePolicyOutcome outcome = iam.CreatePolicy(request); Aws::String result; if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cerr << "Error creating policy " << policyName << ": " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; } else { result = outcome.GetResult().GetPolicy().GetArn(); std::cout << "Successfully created policy " << policyName << std::endl; } return result; } Aws::String AwsDoc::IAM::BuildSamplePolicyDocument(const Aws::String &rsrc_arn) { std::stringstream stringStream; stringStream << "{" << " \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\"," << " \"Statement\": [" << " {" << " \"Effect\": \"Allow\"," << " \"Action\": \"logs:CreateLogGroup\"," << " \"Resource\": \"" << rsrc_arn << "\"" << " }," << " {" << " \"Effect\": \"Allow\"," << " \"Action\": [" << " \"dynamodb:DeleteItem\"," << " \"dynamodb:GetItem\"," << " \"dynamodb:PutItem\"," << " \"dynamodb:Scan\"," << " \"dynamodb:UpdateItem\"" << " ]," << " \"Resource\": \"" << rsrc_arn << "\"" << " }" << " ]" << "}"; return stringStream.str(); }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for C++ API Reference.

CLI
Amazon CLI

Example 1: To create a customer managed policy

The following command creates a customer managed policy named my-policy.

aws iam create-policy \ --policy-name my-policy \ --policy-document file://policy

The file policy is a JSON document in the current folder that grants read only access to the shared folder in an Amazon S3 bucket named my-bucket.

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:Get*", "s3:List*" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/shared/*" ] } ] }

Output:

{ "Policy": { "PolicyName": "my-policy", "CreateDate": "2015-06-01T19:31:18.620Z", "AttachmentCount": 0, "IsAttachable": true, "PolicyId": "ZXR6A36LTYANPAI7NJ5UV", "DefaultVersionId": "v1", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::0123456789012:policy/my-policy", "UpdateDate": "2015-06-01T19:31:18.620Z" } }

For more information on using files as input for string parameters, see Specify parameter values for the Amazon CLI in the Amazon CLI User Guide.

Example 2: To create a customer managed policy with a description

The following command creates a customer managed policy named my-policy with an immutable description:

aws iam create-policy \ --policy-name my-policy \ --policy-document file://policy.json \ --description "This policy grants access to all Put, Get, and List actions for my-bucket"

The file policy.json is a JSON document in the current folder that grants access to all Put, List, and Get actions for an Amazon S3 bucket named my-bucket.

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:ListBucket*", "s3:PutBucket*", "s3:GetBucket*" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket" ] } ] }

Output:

{ "Policy": { "PolicyName": "my-policy", "PolicyId": "ANPAWGSUGIDPEXAMPLE", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/my-policy", "Path": "/", "DefaultVersionId": "v1", "AttachmentCount": 0, "PermissionsBoundaryUsageCount": 0, "IsAttachable": true, "CreateDate": "2023-05-24T22:38:47+00:00", "UpdateDate": "2023-05-24T22:38:47+00:00" } }

For more information on Idenity-based Policies, see Identity-based policies and resource-based policies in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

Example 3: To Create a customer managed policy with tags

The following command creates a customer managed policy named my-policy with tags. This example uses the --tags parameter flag with the following JSON-formatted tags: '{"Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting"}' '{"Key": "Location", "Value": "Seattle"}'. Alternatively, the --tags flag can be used with tags in the shorthand format: 'Key=Department,Value=Accounting Key=Location,Value=Seattle'.

aws iam create-policy \ --policy-name my-policy \ --policy-document file://policy.json \ --tags '{"Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting"}' '{"Key": "Location", "Value": "Seattle"}'

The file policy.json is a JSON document in the current folder that grants access to all Put, List, and Get actions for an Amazon S3 bucket named my-bucket.

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:ListBucket*", "s3:PutBucket*", "s3:GetBucket*" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket" ] } ] }

Output:

{ "Policy": { "PolicyName": "my-policy", "PolicyId": "ANPAWGSUGIDPEXAMPLE", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::12345678012:policy/my-policy", "Path": "/", "DefaultVersionId": "v1", "AttachmentCount": 0, "PermissionsBoundaryUsageCount": 0, "IsAttachable": true, "CreateDate": "2023-05-24T23:16:39+00:00", "UpdateDate": "2023-05-24T23:16:39+00:00", "Tags": [ { "Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting" }, "Key": "Location", "Value": "Seattle" { ] } }

For more information on Tagging policies, see Tagging customer managed policies in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

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

Go
SDK for Go V2
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

// PolicyWrapper encapsulates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy actions // used in the examples. // It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform policy actions. type PolicyWrapper struct { IamClient *iam.Client } // CreatePolicy creates a policy that grants a list of actions to the specified resource. // PolicyDocument shows how to work with a policy document as a data structure and // serialize it to JSON by using Go's JSON marshaler. func (wrapper PolicyWrapper) CreatePolicy(policyName string, actions []string, resourceArn string) (*types.Policy, error) { var policy *types.Policy policyDoc := PolicyDocument{ Version: "2012-10-17", Statement: []PolicyStatement{{ Effect: "Allow", Action: actions, Resource: aws.String(resourceArn), }}, } policyBytes, err := json.Marshal(policyDoc) if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't create policy document for %v. Here's why: %v\n", resourceArn, err) return nil, err } result, err := wrapper.IamClient.CreatePolicy(context.TODO(), &iam.CreatePolicyInput{ PolicyDocument: aws.String(string(policyBytes)), PolicyName: aws.String(policyName), }) if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't create policy %v. Here's why: %v\n", policyName, err) } else { policy = result.Policy } return policy, err }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Go API Reference.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

import software.amazon.awssdk.core.waiters.WaiterResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.model.CreatePolicyRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.model.CreatePolicyResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.model.GetPolicyRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.model.GetPolicyResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.model.IamException; import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.IamClient; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.iam.waiters.IamWaiter; /** * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development * environment, including your credentials. * * For more information, see the following documentation topic: * * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html */ public class CreatePolicy { public static final String PolicyDocument = "{" + " \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\"," + " \"Statement\": [" + " {" + " \"Effect\": \"Allow\"," + " \"Action\": [" + " \"dynamodb:DeleteItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:GetItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:PutItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:Scan\"," + " \"dynamodb:UpdateItem\"" + " ]," + " \"Resource\": \"*\"" + " }" + " ]" + "}"; public static void main(String[] args) { final String usage = """ Usage: CreatePolicy <policyName>\s Where: policyName - A unique policy name.\s """; if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println(usage); System.exit(1); } String policyName = args[0]; Region region = Region.AWS_GLOBAL; IamClient iam = IamClient.builder() .region(region) .build(); String result = createIAMPolicy(iam, policyName); System.out.println("Successfully created a policy with this ARN value: " + result); iam.close(); } public static String createIAMPolicy(IamClient iam, String policyName) { try { // Create an IamWaiter object. IamWaiter iamWaiter = iam.waiter(); CreatePolicyRequest request = CreatePolicyRequest.builder() .policyName(policyName) .policyDocument(PolicyDocument) .build(); CreatePolicyResponse response = iam.createPolicy(request); // Wait until the policy is created. GetPolicyRequest polRequest = GetPolicyRequest.builder() .policyArn(response.policy().arn()) .build(); WaiterResponse<GetPolicyResponse> waitUntilPolicyExists = iamWaiter.waitUntilPolicyExists(polRequest); waitUntilPolicyExists.matched().response().ifPresent(System.out::println); return response.policy().arn(); } catch (IamException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } return ""; } }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Create the policy.

import { CreatePolicyCommand, IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; const client = new IAMClient({}); /** * * @param {string} policyName */ export const createPolicy = (policyName) => { const command = new CreatePolicyCommand({ PolicyDocument: JSON.stringify({ Version: "2012-10-17", Statement: [ { Effect: "Allow", Action: "*", Resource: "*", }, ], }), PolicyName: policyName, }); return client.send(command); };
SDK for JavaScript (v2)
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// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require("aws-sdk"); // Set the region AWS.config.update({ region: "REGION" }); // Create the IAM service object var iam = new AWS.IAM({ apiVersion: "2010-05-08" }); var myManagedPolicy = { Version: "2012-10-17", Statement: [ { Effect: "Allow", Action: "logs:CreateLogGroup", Resource: "RESOURCE_ARN", }, { Effect: "Allow", Action: [ "dynamodb:DeleteItem", "dynamodb:GetItem", "dynamodb:PutItem", "dynamodb:Scan", "dynamodb:UpdateItem", ], Resource: "RESOURCE_ARN", }, ], }; var params = { PolicyDocument: JSON.stringify(myManagedPolicy), PolicyName: "myDynamoDBPolicy", }; iam.createPolicy(params, function (err, data) { if (err) { console.log("Error", err); } else { console.log("Success", data); } });
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
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suspend fun createIAMPolicy(policyNameVal: String?): String { val policyDocumentVal = "{" + " \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\"," + " \"Statement\": [" + " {" + " \"Effect\": \"Allow\"," + " \"Action\": [" + " \"dynamodb:DeleteItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:GetItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:PutItem\"," + " \"dynamodb:Scan\"," + " \"dynamodb:UpdateItem\"" + " ]," + " \"Resource\": \"*\"" + " }" + " ]" + "}" val request = CreatePolicyRequest { policyName = policyNameVal policyDocument = policyDocumentVal } IamClient { region = "AWS_GLOBAL" }.use { iamClient -> val response = iamClient.createPolicy(request) return response.policy?.arn.toString() } }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Kotlin API reference.

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

$uuid = uniqid(); $service = new IAMService(); $listAllBucketsPolicyDocument = "{ \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\", \"Statement\": [{ \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Action\": \"s3:ListAllMyBuckets\", \"Resource\": \"arn:aws:s3:::*\"}] }"; $listAllBucketsPolicy = $service->createPolicy("iam_demo_policy_$uuid", $listAllBucketsPolicyDocument); echo "Created policy: {$listAllBucketsPolicy['PolicyName']}\n"; public function createPolicy(string $policyName, string $policyDocument) { $result = $this->customWaiter(function () use ($policyName, $policyDocument) { return $this->iamClient->createPolicy([ 'PolicyName' => $policyName, 'PolicyDocument' => $policyDocument, ]); }); return $result['Policy']; }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for PHP API Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates a new IAM policy in the current Amazon account named MySamplePolicy The file MySamplePolicy.json provides the policy content. Note that you must use the -Raw switch parameter to successfully process the JSON policy file.

New-IAMPolicy -PolicyName MySamplePolicy -PolicyDocument (Get-Content -Raw MySamplePolicy.json)

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy AttachmentCount : 0 CreateDate : 4/14/2015 2:45:59 PM DefaultVersionId : v1 Description : IsAttachable : True Path : / PolicyId : LD4KP6HVFE7WGEXAMPLE1 PolicyName : MySamplePolicy UpdateDate : 4/14/2015 2:45:59 PM
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

def create_policy(name, description, actions, resource_arn): """ Creates a policy that contains a single statement. :param name: The name of the policy to create. :param description: The description of the policy. :param actions: The actions allowed by the policy. These typically take the form of service:action, such as s3:PutObject. :param resource_arn: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource this policy applies to. This ARN can contain wildcards, such as 'arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/*' to allow actions on all objects in the bucket named 'my-bucket'. :return: The newly created policy. """ policy_doc = { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [{"Effect": "Allow", "Action": actions, "Resource": resource_arn}], } try: policy = iam.create_policy( PolicyName=name, Description=description, PolicyDocument=json.dumps(policy_doc), ) logger.info("Created policy %s.", policy.arn) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't create policy %s.", name) raise else: return policy
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

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

This example module lists, creates, attaches, and detaches role policies.

# Manages policies in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) class RolePolicyManager # Initialize with an AWS IAM client # # @param iam_client [Aws::IAM::Client] An initialized IAM client def initialize(iam_client, logger: Logger.new($stdout)) @iam_client = iam_client @logger = logger @logger.progname = "PolicyManager" end # Creates a policy # # @param policy_name [String] The name of the policy # @param policy_document [Hash] The policy document # @return [String] The policy ARN if successful, otherwise nil def create_policy(policy_name, policy_document) response = @iam_client.create_policy( policy_name: policy_name, policy_document: policy_document.to_json ) response.policy.arn rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::ServiceError => e @logger.error("Error creating policy: #{e.message}") nil end # Fetches an IAM policy by its ARN # @param policy_arn [String] the ARN of the IAM policy to retrieve # @return [Aws::IAM::Types::GetPolicyResponse] the policy object if found def get_policy(policy_arn) response = @iam_client.get_policy(policy_arn: policy_arn) policy = response.policy @logger.info("Got policy '#{policy.policy_name}'. Its ID is: #{policy.policy_id}.") policy rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::NoSuchEntity @logger.error("Couldn't get policy '#{policy_arn}'. The policy does not exist.") raise rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::ServiceError => e @logger.error("Couldn't get policy '#{policy_arn}'. Here's why: #{e.code}: #{e.message}") raise end # Attaches a policy to a role # # @param role_name [String] The name of the role # @param policy_arn [String] The policy ARN # @return [Boolean] true if successful, false otherwise def attach_policy_to_role(role_name, policy_arn) @iam_client.attach_role_policy( role_name: role_name, policy_arn: policy_arn ) true rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::ServiceError => e @logger.error("Error attaching policy to role: #{e.message}") false end # Lists policy ARNs attached to a role # # @param role_name [String] The name of the role # @return [Array<String>] List of policy ARNs def list_attached_policy_arns(role_name) response = @iam_client.list_attached_role_policies(role_name: role_name) response.attached_policies.map(&:policy_arn) rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::ServiceError => e @logger.error("Error listing policies attached to role: #{e.message}") [] end # Detaches a policy from a role # # @param role_name [String] The name of the role # @param policy_arn [String] The policy ARN # @return [Boolean] true if successful, false otherwise def detach_policy_from_role(role_name, policy_arn) @iam_client.detach_role_policy( role_name: role_name, policy_arn: policy_arn ) true rescue Aws::IAM::Errors::ServiceError => e @logger.error("Error detaching policy from role: #{e.message}") false end end
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

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

pub async fn create_policy( client: &iamClient, policy_name: &str, policy_document: &str, ) -> Result<Policy, iamError> { let policy = client .create_policy() .policy_name(policy_name) .policy_document(policy_document) .send() .await?; Ok(policy.policy.unwrap()) }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Rust API reference.

Swift
SDK for Swift
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This is prerelease documentation for an SDK in preview release. It is subject to change.

Note

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

public func createPolicy(name: String, policyDocument: String) async throws -> IAMClientTypes.Policy { let input = CreatePolicyInput( policyDocument: policyDocument, policyName: name ) do { let output = try await iamClient.createPolicy(input: input) guard let policy = output.policy else { throw ServiceHandlerError.noSuchPolicy } return policy } catch { throw error } }
  • For API details, see CreatePolicy in Amazon SDK for Swift API reference.

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