CreatePolicyVersion - Amazon IoT
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CreatePolicyVersion

Creates a new version of the specified Amazon IoT policy. To update a policy, create a new policy version. A managed policy can have up to five versions. If the policy has five versions, you must use DeletePolicyVersion to delete an existing version before you create a new one.

Optionally, you can set the new version as the policy's default version. The default version is the operative version (that is, the version that is in effect for the certificates to which the policy is attached).

Requires permission to access the CreatePolicyVersion action.

Request Syntax

POST /policies/policyName/version?setAsDefault=setAsDefault HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "policyDocument": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

policyName

The policy name.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

Required: Yes

setAsDefault

Specifies whether the policy version is set as the default. When this parameter is true, the new policy version becomes the operative version (that is, the version that is in effect for the certificates to which the policy is attached).

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

policyDocument

The JSON document that describes the policy. Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048, excluding whitespace.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 404600.

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "isDefaultVersion": boolean, "policyArn": "string", "policyDocument": "string", "policyVersionId": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

isDefaultVersion

Specifies whether the policy version is the default.

Type: Boolean

policyArn

The policy ARN.

Type: String

policyDocument

The JSON document that describes the policy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 404600.

Pattern: [\s\S]*

policyVersionId

The policy version ID.

Type: String

Pattern: [0-9]+

Errors

InternalFailureException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MalformedPolicyException

The policy documentation is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceUnavailableException

The service is temporarily unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

You are not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 401

VersionsLimitExceededException

The number of policy versions exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 409

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: