iam_group - Manage AWS IAM groups¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage AWS IAM groups

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

boto
boto3
botocore
python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aws_access_key		AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key		AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
ec2_url		Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
managed_policy		A list of managed policy ARNs or friendly names to attach to the role. To embed an inline policy, use iam_policy.
name required		The name of the group to create.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_policy	Default: no	Deatach policy which not included in managed_policy list
purge_users	Default: no	Deatach users which not included in users list
region		The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token (added in 1.6)		AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state required	Choices: present absent	Create or remove the IAM group
users		A list of existing users to add as members of the group.
validate_certs bool (added in 1.5)	Choices: no yes ←	When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes ¶

Note

If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples ¶

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

# Create a group
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    state: present

# Create a group and attach a managed policy using its ARN
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSNSFullAccess
    state: present

# Create a group with users as members and attach a managed policy using its ARN
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSNSFullAccess
    users:
      - test_user1
      - test_user2
    state: present

# Remove all managed policies from an existing group with an empty list
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    state: present
    purge_policy: true

# Remove all group members from an existing group
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSNSFullAccess
    purge_users: true
    state: present


# Delete the group
- iam_group:
    name: testgroup1
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key		Returned	Description
group complex		success	dictionary containing all the group information
	path string		the path to the group Sample: /
	group_id string		the stable and unique string identifying the group Sample: AGPAIDBWE12NSFINE55TM
	create_date string		the date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the group was created Sample: 2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00
	arn string		the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the group Sample: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:group/testgroup1
	group_name string		the friendly name that identifies the group Sample: testgroup1
users complex		success	list containing all the group members
	path string		the path to the user Sample: /
	create_date string		the date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the user was created Sample: 2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00
	user_id string		the stable and unique string identifying the user Sample: AIDAIZTPY123YQRS22YU2
	arn string		the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the user Sample: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:user/test_user1
	user_name string		the friendly name that identifies the user Sample: testgroup1

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Nick Aslanidis (@naslanidis)
Maksym Postument (@infectsoldier)

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