Use UpdateGroup with an Amazon SDK or command line tool - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Use UpdateGroup with an Amazon SDK or command line tool

The following code examples show how to use UpdateGroup.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To rename an IAM group

The following update-group command changes the name of the IAM group Test to Test-1.

aws iam update-group \
    --group-name Test \
    --new-group-name Test-1

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Renaming an IAM user group in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

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

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example renames the IAM group Testers to AppTesters.

Update-IAMGroup -GroupName Testers -NewGroupName AppTesters

Example 2: This example changes the path of the IAM group AppTesters to /Org1/Org2/. This changes the ARN for the group to arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Org1/Org2/AppTesters.

Update-IAMGroup -GroupName AppTesters -NewPath /Org1/Org2/

  • For API details, see UpdateGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet 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.