iam_user – Manage AWS IAM users

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iam_user – Manage AWS IAM users

New in version 2.5.


Synopsis

  • Manage AWS IAM users

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • botocore
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

aws_access_key

string

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

string

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

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

added in 2.8

  • no

  • yes

Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.

ec2_url

string

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 friendly names to attach to the user. To embed an inline policy, use iam_policy.

name

- / required

The name of the user to create.

profile

string

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

purge_policy

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Detach policies which are not included in managed_policy list

region

string

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

string

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

- / required

  • present
  • absent

Create or remove the IAM user

validate_certs

boolean

  • 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.
# Note: This module does not allow management of groups that users belong to.
#       Groups should manage their membership directly using `iam_group`,
#       as users belong to them.

# Create a user
- iam_user:
    name: testuser1
    state: present

# Create a user and attach a managed policy using its ARN
- iam_user:
    name: testuser1
    managed_policy:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSNSFullAccess
    state: present

# Remove all managed policies from an existing user with an empty list
- iam_user:
    name: testuser1
    state: present
    purge_policy: true

# Delete the user
- iam_user:
    name: testuser1
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

user

complex

success

dictionary containing all the user information


arn

string

the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the user


Sample:

arn:aws:iam::1234567890:user/testuser1

create_date

string

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


Sample:

2017-02-08T04:36:28+00:00

path

string

the path to the user


Sample:

/

user_id

string

the stable and unique string identifying the user


Sample:

AGPAIDBWE12NSFINE55TM

user_name

string

the friendly name that identifies the user


Sample:

testuser1




Status

Authors

  • Josh Souza (@joshsouza)

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