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[ aws . iot ]

attach-policy

Description

Attaches the specified policy to the specified principal (certificate or other credential).

Requires permission to access the AttachPolicy action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  attach-policy
--policy-name <value>
--target <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--policy-name (string)

The name of the policy to attach.

--target (string)

The identity to which the policy is attached. For example, a thing group or a certificate.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

Example 1: To attach a policy to a thing group

The following attach-policy example attaches the specified policy to a thing group identified by its ARN.

aws iot attach-policy \
    --target "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thinggroup/LightBulbs" \
    --policy-name "UpdateDeviceCertPolicy"

This command does not produce any output.

For more information, see Thing Groups in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Example 2: To attach a policy to a certificate

The following attach-policy example attaches the policy UpdateDeviceCertPolicy to the principal specified by a certificate.

aws iot attach-policy \
    --policy-name UpdateDeviceCertPolicy \
    --target "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:cert/4f0ba725787aa94d67d2fca420eca022242532e8b3c58e7465c7778b443fd65e"

This command does not produce any output.

For more information, see Attach an AWS IoT Policy to a Device Certificate in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Output

None

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