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

The following code examples show how to use SetDefaultPolicyVersion.

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CLI
Amazon CLI

To set the specified version of the specified policy as the policy's default version.

This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

aws iam set-default-policy-version \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy \
    --version-id v2

For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

Set-IAMDefaultPolicyVersion -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy -VersionId v2
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

Set-IAMDefaultPolicyVersion -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy -VersionId v2
SAP ABAP
SDK for SAP ABAP
Note

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

    TRY.
        lo_iam->setdefaultpolicyversion(
          iv_policyarn = iv_policy_arn
          iv_versionid = iv_version_id ).
        MESSAGE 'Default policy version set successfully.' TYPE 'I'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_iamnosuchentityex.
        MESSAGE 'Policy or version does not exist.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_iaminvalidinputex.
        MESSAGE 'Invalid input provided.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_iamlimitexceededex.
        MESSAGE 'Limit exceeded.' TYPE 'E'.
    ENDTRY.

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