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Use DetachPolicy with an AWS SDK or CLI

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Use DetachPolicy with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS Organizations

The following code examples show how to use DetachPolicy.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

using System; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.Organizations; using Amazon.Organizations.Model; /// <summary> /// Shows how to detach a policy from an AWS Organizations organization, /// organizational unit, or account. /// </summary> public class DetachPolicy { /// <summary> /// Initializes the Organizations client object and uses it to call /// DetachPolicyAsync to detach the policy. /// </summary> public static async Task Main() { // Create the client object using the default account. IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient(); var policyId = "p-00000000"; var targetId = "r-0000"; var request = new DetachPolicyRequest { PolicyId = policyId, TargetId = targetId, }; var response = await client.DetachPolicyAsync(request); if (response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK) { Console.WriteLine($"Successfully detached policy with Policy Id: {policyId}."); } else { Console.WriteLine("Could not detach the policy."); } } }
  • For API details, see DetachPolicy in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

To detach a policy from a root, OU, or account

The following example shows how to detach a policy from an OU:

aws organizations detach-policy --target-id ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111 --policy-id p-examplepolicyid111
  • For API details, see DetachPolicy in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

def detach_policy(policy_id, target_id, orgs_client): """ Detaches a policy from a target. :param policy_id: The ID of the policy to detach. :param target_id: The ID of the resource where the policy is currently attached. :param orgs_client: The Boto3 Organizations client. """ try: orgs_client.detach_policy(PolicyId=policy_id, TargetId=target_id) logger.info("Detached policy %s from target %s.", policy_id, target_id) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't detach policy %s from target %s.", policy_id, target_id ) raise
  • For API details, see DetachPolicy in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

using System; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.Organizations; using Amazon.Organizations.Model; /// <summary> /// Shows how to detach a policy from an AWS Organizations organization, /// organizational unit, or account. /// </summary> public class DetachPolicy { /// <summary> /// Initializes the Organizations client object and uses it to call /// DetachPolicyAsync to detach the policy. /// </summary> public static async Task Main() { // Create the client object using the default account. IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient(); var policyId = "p-00000000"; var targetId = "r-0000"; var request = new DetachPolicyRequest { PolicyId = policyId, TargetId = targetId, }; var response = await client.DetachPolicyAsync(request); if (response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK) { Console.WriteLine($"Successfully detached policy with Policy Id: {policyId}."); } else { Console.WriteLine("Could not detach the policy."); } } }
  • For API details, see DetachPolicy in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

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

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