Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateLoginProfile

Creates a password for the specified IAM user. A password allows an IAM user to access AWS services through the AWS Management Console.

You can use the AWS CLI, the AWS API, or the Users page in the IAM console to create a password for any IAM user. Use ChangePassword to update your own existing password in the My Security Credentials page in the AWS Management Console.

For more information about managing passwords, see Managing passwords in the IAM User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

Password

The new password for the user.

This parameter must be omitted when you make the request with an AssumeRoot session. It is required in all other cases.

The regex pattern that is used to validate this parameter is a string of characters. That string can include almost any printable ASCII character from the space (\u0020) through the end of the ASCII character range (\u00FF). You can also include the tab (\u0009), line feed (\u000A), and carriage return (\u000D) characters. Any of these characters are valid in a password. However, many tools, such as the AWS Management Console, might restrict the ability to type certain characters because they have special meaning within that tool.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]+

Required: No

PasswordResetRequired

Specifies whether the user is required to set a new password on next sign-in.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

UserName

The name of the IAM user to create a password for. The user must already exist.

This parameter is optional. If no user name is included, it defaults to the principal making the request. When you make this request with root user credentials, you must use an AssumeRoot session to omit the user name.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

LoginProfile

A structure containing the user name and password create date.

Type: LoginProfile object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

EntityAlreadyExists

The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 409

LimitExceeded

The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 409

NoSuchEntity

The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

PasswordPolicyViolation

The request was rejected because the provided password did not meet the requirements imposed by the account password policy.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceFailure

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CreateLoginProfile.

Sample Request


https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateLoginProfile
&UserName=Bob
&Password=h]6EszR}vJ*m
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<CreateLoginProfileResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <CreateLoginProfileResult>
    <LoginProfile>
      <PasswordResetRequired>false</PasswordResetRequired>
      <UserName>Bob</UserName>
      <CreateDate>2015-03-25T20:48:52.558Z</CreateDate>
    </LoginProfile>
  </CreateLoginProfileResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</CreateLoginProfileResponse>