Use SetDefaultPolicyVersion with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use SetDefaultPolicyVersion.

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• Manage policies

• Roll back a policy version

CLI

AWS CLI

To set the specified version of the specified policy as the policy's default version.

This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

aws iam set-default-policy-version \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy \
    --version-id v2

For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the AWS IAM User Guide.

• For API details, see SetDefaultPolicyVersion in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

Set-IAMDefaultPolicyVersion -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy -VersionId v2

• For API details, see SetDefaultPolicyVersion in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example sets the v2 version of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy as the default active version.

Set-IAMDefaultPolicyVersion -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy -VersionId v2

• For API details, see SetDefaultPolicyVersion in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).