Use AWS Identity and Access Management from the AWS CLI - AWS Command Line Interface

Use AWS Identity and Access Management from the AWS CLI

An introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

You can access the features of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). To list the AWS CLI commands for IAM, use the following command.

aws iam help

This topic shows examples of AWS CLI commands that perform common tasks for IAM.

Before you run any commands, set your default credentials. For more information, see Configure the AWS CLI.

For more information on the IAM service, see the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide.