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Use UpdateSamlProvider with a CLI

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Use UpdateSamlProvider with a CLI - AWS Identity and Access Management

The following code examples show how to use UpdateSamlProvider.

CLI
AWS CLI

To update the metadata document for an existing SAML provider

This example updates the SAML provider in IAM whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS with a new SAML metadata document from the file SAMLMetaData.xml.

aws iam update-saml-provider \ --saml-metadata-document file://SAMLMetaData.xml \ --saml-provider-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS

Output:

{ "SAMLProviderArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS" }

For more information, see Creating IAM SAML identity providers in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example updates the SAML provider in IAM whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS with a new SAML metadata document from the file SAMLMetaData.xml. Note that you must use the -Raw switch parameter to successfully process the contents of the JSON file.

Update-IAMSAMLProvider -SAMLProviderArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS -SAMLMetadataDocument (Get-Content -Raw SAMLMetaData.xml)
AWS CLI

To update the metadata document for an existing SAML provider

This example updates the SAML provider in IAM whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS with a new SAML metadata document from the file SAMLMetaData.xml.

aws iam update-saml-provider \ --saml-metadata-document file://SAMLMetaData.xml \ --saml-provider-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS

Output:

{ "SAMLProviderArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS" }

For more information, see Creating IAM SAML identity providers in the AWS IAM User Guide.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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