AWS::IAM::User Policy

Contains information about an attached policy.

An attached policy is a managed policy that has been attached to a user, group, or role.

For more information about managed policies, refer to Managed Policies and Inline Policies in the IAM User Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "PolicyDocument" : Json,
  "PolicyName" : String
}

YAML

  PolicyDocument: Json
  PolicyName: String

Properties

PolicyDocument

The entire contents of the policy that defines permissions. For more information, see Overview of JSON policies.

Required: Yes

Type: Json

Update requires: No interruption

PolicyName

The friendly name (not ARN) identifying the policy.

Required: Yes

Type: String

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

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 128

Update requires: No interruption

Examples

IAM User Policy

This example shows how the policy document is declared.

JSON

{
    "PolicyName": "root",
    "PolicyDocument": {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
            {
                "Sid": "IamListAccess",
                "Effect": "Allow",
                "Action": [
                    "iam:ListRoles",
                    "iam:ListUsers"
                ],
                "Resource": "*"
            }
        ]
    }
}

YAML

PolicyName: root
PolicyDocument:
   Version: 2012-10-17
   Statement:
      - Sid: IamListAccess
        Effect: Allow
        Action:
         - 'iam:ListRoles'
         - 'iam:ListUsers'
        Resource: '*'

See also

• PolicyDetail in the AWS Identity and Access Management API Reference