iam_role – Manage AWS IAM roles

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iam_role – Manage AWS IAM roles

New in version 2.3.


Synopsis

  • Manage AWS IAM roles

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • boto
  • boto3
  • botocore
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

assume_role_policy_document

-

The trust relationship policy document that grants an entity permission to assume the role.

This parameter is required when state=present.

aws_access_key

-

AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.


aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key

aws_secret_key

-

AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.


aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key

boundary

-

added in 2.7

Add the ARN of an IAM managed policy to restrict the permissions this role can pass on to IAM roles/users that it creates.

Boundaries cannot be set on Instance Profiles, so if this option is specified then create_instance_profile must be false.

This is intended for roles/users that have permissions to create new IAM objects.


aliases: boundary_policy_arn

create_instance_profile

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no
  • yes

Creates an IAM instance profile along with the role

description

-

added in 2.5

Provide a description of the new role

ec2_url

-

Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.

managed_policy

-

A list of managed policy ARNs or, since Ansible 2.4, a list of either managed policy ARNs or friendly names. To embed an inline policy, use iam_policy. To remove existing policies, use an empty list item.


aliases: managed_policies

name

- / required

The name of the role to create.

path

-

Default:

"/"

The path to the role. For more information about paths, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html.

profile

-

added in 1.6

Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.

purge_policies

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no
  • yes

Detaches any managed policies not listed in the "managed_policy" option. Set to false if you want to attach policies elsewhere.

region

-

The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region


aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

security_token

-

added in 1.6

AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.


aliases: access_token

state

-

  • present

  • absent

Create or remove the IAM role

validate_certs

boolean

added in 1.5

  • no
  • yes

When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.



Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file


Examples

# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- name: Create a role with description
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    description: This is My New Role

- name: "Create a role and attach a managed policy called 'PowerUserAccess'"
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess

- name: Keep the role created above but remove all managed policies
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file','policy.json') }}"
    managed_policy:
      -

- name: Delete the role
  iam_role:
    name: mynewrole
    assume_role_policy_document: "{{ lookup('file', 'policy.json') }}"
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

iam_role

complex

success

dictionary containing the IAM Role data


arn

string

always

the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the role


Sample:

arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/mynewrole

assume_role_policy_document

string

always

the policy that grants an entity permission to assume the role


Sample:

{'statement': [{'action': 'sts:AssumeRole', 'effect': 'Allow', 'principal': {'service': 'ec2.amazonaws.com'}, 'sid': }], 'version': '2012-10-17'}

attached_policies

list

always

a list of dicts containing the name and ARN of the managed IAM policies attached to the role


Sample:

[{'policy_arn': 'arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess', 'policy_name': 'PowerUserAccess'}]

create_date

string

always

the date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the role was created


Sample:

2016-08-14T04:36:28+00:00

path

string

always

the path to the role


Sample:

/

role_id

string

always

the stable and unique string identifying the role


Sample:

ABCDEFF4EZ4ABCDEFV4ZC

role_name

string

always

the friendly name that identifies the role


Sample:

myrole




Status

Authors

  • Rob White (@wimnat)

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