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AWS Identity and Access Management Template Snippets

This section contains AWS Identity and Access Management template snippets.

Important

When creating or updating a stack using a template containing IAM resources, you must acknowledge the use of IAM capabilities. For more information about using IAM resources in templates, see Controlling Access with AWS Identity and Access Management.

Declaring an IAM User Resource

This snippet shows how to declare an AWS::IAM::User resource to create an IAM user. The user is declared with the path ("/") and a login profile with the password (myP@ssW0rd).

The policy document named giveaccesstoqueueonly gives the user permission to perform all Amazon SQS actions on the Amazon SQS queue resource myqueue, and denies access to all other Amazon SQS queue resources. The Fn::GetAtt function gets the Arn attribute of the AWS::SQS::Queue resource myqueue.

The policy document named giveaccesstotopiconly is added to the user to give the user permission to perform all Amazon SNS actions on the Amazon SNS topic resource mytopic and to deny access to all other Amazon SNS resources. The Ref function gets the ARN of the AWS::SNS::Topic resource mytopic.

JSON


"myuser" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::IAM::User",
   "Properties" : {
      "Path" : "/",
      "LoginProfile" : {
         "Password" : "myP@ssW0rd"
      },
      "Policies" : [ {
         "PolicyName" : "giveaccesstoqueueonly",
         "PolicyDocument" : {
            "Version": "2012-10-17",
            "Statement" : [ {
               "Effect" : "Allow",
               "Action" : [ "sqs:*" ],
               "Resource" : [ {
                  "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myqueue", "Arn" ]
               } ]
            }, {
               "Effect" : "Deny",
               "Action" : [ "sqs:*" ],
               "NotResource" : [ {
                  "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myqueue", "Arn" ]
               } ]
            }
         ] }
      }, {
         "PolicyName" : "giveaccesstotopiconly",
         "PolicyDocument" : {
            "Version": "2012-10-17",
            "Statement" : [ {
               "Effect" : "Allow",
               "Action" : [ "sns:*" ],
               "Resource" : [ { "Ref" : "mytopic" } ]
            }, {
               "Effect" : "Deny",
               "Action" : [ "sns:*" ],
               "NotResource" : [ { "Ref" : "mytopic" } ]
            } ]
         }
      } ]
   }
}

YAML

myuser:
  Type: AWS::IAM::User
  Properties:
    Path: "/"
    LoginProfile:
      Password: myP@ssW0rd
    Policies:
    - PolicyName: giveaccesstoqueueonly
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Action:
          - sqs:*
          Resource:
          - !GetAtt myqueue.Arn
        - Effect: Deny
          Action:
          - sqs:*
          NotResource:
          - !GetAtt myqueue.Arn
    - PolicyName: giveaccesstotopiconly
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Action:
          - sns:*
          Resource:
          - !Ref mytopic
        - Effect: Deny
          Action:
          - sns:*
          NotResource:
          - !Ref mytopic

Declaring an IAM Access Key Resource

This snippet shows an AWS::IAM::AccessKey resource. The myaccesskey resource creates an access key and assigns it to an IAM user that is declared as an AWS::IAM::User resource in the template.

JSON


"myaccesskey" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
   "Properties" : {
      "UserName" : { "Ref" : "myuser" }
   }
}

YAML

myaccesskey:
  Type: AWS::IAM::AccessKey
  Properties:
    UserName:
      !Ref myuser

You can get the secret key for an AWS::IAM::AccessKey resource using the Fn::GetAtt function. The only time that you can get the secret key for an AWS access key is when it is created. One way to retrieve the secret key is to put it into an Output value. You can get the access key using the Ref function. The following Output value declarations get the access key and secret key for myaccesskey.

JSON


"AccessKeyformyaccesskey" : {
   "Value" : { "Ref" : "myaccesskey" }
},
"SecretKeyformyaccesskey" : {
   "Value" : {
      "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myaccesskey", "SecretAccessKey" ]
   }
}

YAML

AccessKeyformyaccesskey:
  Value:
    !Ref myaccesskey
SecretKeyformyaccesskey:
  Value: !GetAtt myaccesskey.SecretAccessKey

You can also pass the AWS access key and secret key to an EC2 instance or Auto Scaling group defined in the template. The following AWS::EC2::Instance declaration uses the UserData property to pass the access key and secret key for the myaccesskey resource.

JSON


"myinstance" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance",
   "Properties" : {
      "AvailabilityZone" : "us-east-1a",
      "ImageId" : "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867",
      "UserData" : {
         "Fn::Base64" : {
            "Fn::Join" : [
               "", [
                  "ACCESS_KEY=", {
                     "Ref" : "myaccesskey"
                  },
                  "&",
                  "SECRET_KEY=",
                  {
                     "Fn::GetAtt" : [
                        "myaccesskey",
                        "SecretAccessKey"
                     ]
                  }
               ]
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}

YAML

myinstance:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
  Properties:
    AvailabilityZone: "us-east-1a"
    ImageId: ami-0ff8a91507f77f867
    UserData:
      Fn::Base64: !Sub "ACCESS_KEY=${myaccesskey}&SECRET_KEY=${myaccesskey.SecretAccessKey}

Declaring an IAM Group Resource

This snippet shows an AWS::IAM::Group resource. The group has a path ("/myapplication/"). The policy document named myapppolicy is added to the group to allow the group's users to perform all Amazon SQS actions on the Amazon SQS queue resource myqueue and deny access to all other Amazon SQS resources except myqueue.

To assign a policy to a resource, IAM requires the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the resource. In the snippet, the Fn::GetAtt function gets the ARN of the AWS::SQS::Queue resource queue.

JSON


"mygroup" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::IAM::Group",
   "Properties" : {
      "Path" : "/myapplication/",
      "Policies" : [ {
         "PolicyName" : "myapppolicy",
         "PolicyDocument" : {
            "Version": "2012-10-17",
            "Statement" : [ {
               "Effect" : "Allow",
               "Action" : [ "sqs:*" ],
               "Resource" : [ {
                  "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myqueue", "Arn" ]
               } ]
            },
            {
               "Effect" : "Deny",
               "Action" : [ "sqs:*" ],
               "NotResource" : [ { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myqueue", "Arn" ] } ]
            }
         ] }
      } ]
   }
}

YAML

mygroup:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Group
  Properties:
    Path: "/myapplication/"
    Policies:
    - PolicyName: myapppolicy
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Action:
          - sqs:*
          Resource: !GetAtt myqueue.Arn
        - Effect: Deny
          Action:
          - sqs:*
          NotResource: !GetAtt myqueue.Arn

Adding Users to a Group

The AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition resource adds users to a group. In the following snippet, the addUserToGroup resource adds the following users to an existing group named myexistinggroup2: the existing user existinguser1 and the user myuser which is declared as an AWS::IAM::User resource in the template.

JSON


"addUserToGroup" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition",
   "Properties" : {
      "GroupName" : "myexistinggroup2",
      "Users" : [ "existinguser1", { "Ref" : "myuser" } ]
   }
}

YAML

addUserToGroup:
  Type: AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition
  Properties:
    GroupName: myexistinggroup2
    Users:
    - existinguser1
    - !Ref myuser

Declaring an IAM Policy

This snippet shows how to create a policy and apply it to multiple groups using an AWS::IAM::Policy resource named mypolicy. The mypolicy resource contains a PolicyDocument property that allows GetObject, PutObject, and PutObjectAcl actions on the objects in the S3 bucket represented by the ARN arn:aws:s3:::myAWSBucket. The mypolicy resource applies the policy to an existing group named myexistinggroup1 and a group mygroup that is declared in the template as an AWS::IAM::Group resource. This example shows how to apply a policy to a group using the Groups property; however, you can alternatively use the Users property to add a policy document to a list of users.

Important

The Amazon SNS policy actions that are declared in the AWS::IAM::Policy resource differ from the Amazon SNS topic policy actions that are declared in the AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy resource. For example, the policy actions sns:Unsubscribe and sns:SetSubscriptionAttributes are valid for the AWS::IAM::Policy resource, but are invalid for the AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy resource. For more information about valid Amazon SNS policy actions that you can use with the AWS::IAM::Policy resource, see Special Information for Amazon SNS Policies in the Amazon Simple Notification Service Developer Guide.

JSON


"mypolicy" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::IAM::Policy",
   "Properties" : {
      "PolicyName" : "mygrouppolicy",
      "PolicyDocument" : {
         "Version": "2012-10-17",
         "Statement" : [ {
            "Effect" : "Allow",
            "Action" : [
               "s3:GetObject" , "s3:PutObject" , "s3:PutObjectAcl" ],
            "Resource" : "arn:aws:s3:::myAWSBucket/*"
         } ]
      },
      "Groups" : [ "myexistinggroup1", { "Ref" : "mygroup" } ]
   }
}

YAML

mypolicy:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Policy
  Properties:
    PolicyName: mygrouppolicy
    PolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Effect: Allow
        Action:
        - s3:GetObject
        - s3:PutObject
        - s3:PutObjectAcl
        Resource: arn:aws:s3:::myAWSBucket/*
    Groups:
    - myexistinggroup1
    - !Ref mygroup

Declaring an Amazon S3 Bucket Policy

This snippet shows how to create a policy and apply it to an Amazon S3 bucket using the AWS::S3::BucketPolicy resource. The mybucketpolicy resource declares a policy document that allows the user1 IAM user to perform the GetObject action on all objects in the S3 bucket to which this policy is applied. In the snippet, the Fn::GetAtt function gets the ARN of the user1 resource. The mybucketpolicy resource applies the policy to the AWS::S3::Bucket resource mybucket. The Ref function gets the bucket name of the mybucket resource.

JSON


"mybucketpolicy" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::S3::BucketPolicy",
   "Properties" : {
      "PolicyDocument" : {
         "Id" : "MyPolicy",
         "Version": "2012-10-17",
         "Statement" : [ {
            "Sid" : "ReadAccess",
            "Action" : [ "s3:GetObject" ],
            "Effect" : "Allow",
            "Resource" : { "Fn::Join" : [
                  "", [ "arn:aws:s3:::", { "Ref" : "mybucket" } , "/*" ]
               ] },
            "Principal" : {
               "AWS" : { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "user1", "Arn" ] }
            }
         } ]
      },
      "Bucket" : { "Ref" : "mybucket" }
   }
}

YAML

mybucketpolicy:
  Type: AWS::S3::BucketPolicy
  Properties:
    PolicyDocument:
      Id: MyPolicy
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Sid: ReadAccess
        Action:
        - s3:GetObject
        Effect: Allow
        Resource: !Sub "arn:aws:s3:::${mybucket}/*"
        Principal:
          AWS: !GetAtt user1.Arn
    Bucket: !Ref mybucket

Declaring an Amazon SNS Topic Policy

This snippet shows how to create a policy and apply it to an Amazon SNS topic using the AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy resource. The mysnspolicy resource contains a PolicyDocument property that allows the AWS::IAM::User resource myuser to perform the Publish action on an AWS::SNS::Topic resource mytopic. In the snippet, the Fn::GetAtt function gets the ARN for the myuser resource and the Ref function gets the ARN for the mytopic resource.

Important

The Amazon SNS policy actions that are declared in the AWS::IAM::Policy resource differ from the Amazon SNS topic policy actions that are declared in the AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy resource. For example, the policy actions sns:Unsubscribe and sns:SetSubscriptionAttributes are valid for the AWS::IAM::Policy resource, but are invalid for the AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy resource. For more information about valid Amazon SNS policy actions that you can use with the AWS::IAM::Policy resource, see Special Information for Amazon SNS Policies in the Amazon Simple Notification Service Developer Guide.

JSON


"mysnspolicy" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy",
   "Properties" : {
      "PolicyDocument" :  {
         "Id" : "MyTopicPolicy",
         "Version" : "2012-10-17",
         "Statement" : [ {
            "Sid" : "My-statement-id",
            "Effect" : "Allow",
            "Principal" : {
               "AWS" : { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myuser", "Arn" ] }
            },
            "Action" : "sns:Publish",
            "Resource" : "*"
         } ]
      },
      "Topics" : [ { "Ref" : "mytopic" } ]
   }
}

YAML

mysnspolicy:
  Type: AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy
  Properties:
    PolicyDocument:
      Id: MyTopicPolicy
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Sid: My-statement-id
        Effect: Allow
        Principal:
          AWS: !GetAtt myuser.Arn
        Action: sns:Publish
        Resource: "*"
    Topics:
    - !Ref mytopic

Declaring an Amazon SQS Policy

This snippet shows how to create a policy and apply it to an Amazon SQS queue using the AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy resource. The PolicyDocument property allows the existing user myapp (specified by its ARN) to perform the SendMessage action on an existing queue, which is specified by its URL, and an AWS::SQS::Queue resource myqueue. The Ref function gets the URL for the myqueue resource.

JSON


"mysqspolicy" : {
   "Type" : "AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy",
   "Properties" : {
      "PolicyDocument" : {
         "Id" : "MyQueuePolicy",
         "Version" : "2012-10-17",
         "Statement" : [ {
            "Sid" : "Allow-User-SendMessage",
            "Effect" : "Allow",
            "Principal" : {
               "AWS" : "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/myapp"
            },
            "Action" : [ "sqs:SendMessage" ],
            "Resource" : "*"
         } ]
      },
      "Queues" : [
         "https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/myexistingqueue",
         { "Ref" : "myqueue" }
      ]
   }
}

YAML

mysqspolicy:
  Type: AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy
  Properties:
    PolicyDocument:
      Id: MyQueuePolicy
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Sid: Allow-User-SendMessage
        Effect: Allow
        Principal:
          AWS: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/myapp
        Action:
        - sqs:SendMessage
        Resource: "*"
    Queues:
    - https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/myexistingqueue
    - !Ref myqueue

IAM Role Template Examples

This section provides CloudFormation template examples for IAM Roles for EC2 Instances.

For more information about IAM roles, see Working with Roles in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide.

IAM Role with EC2

In this example, the instance profile is referenced by the IamInstanceProfile property of the EC2 Instance. Both the instance policy and role policy reference AWS::IAM::Role.

JSON

{
   "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
   "Resources": {
      "myEC2Instance": {
         "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
         "Version": "2009-05-15",
         "Properties": {
            "ImageId": "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867",
            "InstanceType": "m1.small",
            "Monitoring": "true",
            "DisableApiTermination": "false",
            "IamInstanceProfile": {
               "Ref": "RootInstanceProfile"
            }
         }
      },
      "RootRole": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
         "Properties": {
            "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
               "Version" : "2012-10-17",
               "Statement": [ {
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                     "Service": [ "ec2.amazonaws.com" ]
                  },
                  "Action": [ "sts:AssumeRole" ]
               } ]
            },
            "Path": "/"
         }
      },
      "RolePolicies": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
         "Properties": {
            "PolicyName": "root",
            "PolicyDocument": {
               "Version" : "2012-10-17",
               "Statement": [ {
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Action": "*",
                  "Resource": "*"
               } ]
            },
            "Roles": [ { "Ref": "RootRole" } ]
         }
      },
      "RootInstanceProfile": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile",
         "Properties": {
            "Path": "/",
            "Roles": [ { "Ref": "RootRole" } ]
         }
      }
   }
}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Resources:
  myEC2Instance:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Version: '2009-05-15'
    Properties:
      ImageId: ami-0ff8a91507f77f867
      InstanceType: m1.small
      Monitoring: 'true'
      DisableApiTermination: 'false'
      IamInstanceProfile:
        !Ref RootInstanceProfile
  RootRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service:
            - ec2.amazonaws.com
          Action:
          - sts:AssumeRole
      Path: "/"
  RolePolicies:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Policy
    Properties:
      PolicyName: root
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Action: "*"
          Resource: "*"
      Roles:
      - !Ref RootRole
  RootInstanceProfile:
    Type: AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile
    Properties:
      Path: "/"
      Roles:
      - !Ref RootRole

IAM Role with AutoScaling Group

In this example, the instance profile is referenced by the IamInstanceProfile property of an AutoScaling Group Launch Configuration.

JSON

{
   "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
   "Resources": {
      "myLCOne": {
         "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
         "Version": "2009-05-15",
         "Properties": {
            "ImageId": "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867",
            "InstanceType": "m1.small",
            "InstanceMonitoring": "true",
            "IamInstanceProfile": { "Ref": "RootInstanceProfile" }
         }
      },
      "myASGrpOne": {
         "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
         "Version": "2009-05-15",
         "Properties": {
            "AvailabilityZones": [ "us-east-1a" ],
            "LaunchConfigurationName": { "Ref": "myLCOne" },
            "MinSize": "0",
            "MaxSize": "0",
            "HealthCheckType": "EC2",
            "HealthCheckGracePeriod": "120"
         }
      },
      "RootRole": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
         "Properties": {
            "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
               "Version" : "2012-10-17",
               "Statement": [ {
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                     "Service": [ "ec2.amazonaws.com" ]
                  },
                  "Action": [ "sts:AssumeRole" ]
               } ]
            },
            "Path": "/"
         }
      },
      "RolePolicies": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
         "Properties": {
            "PolicyName": "root",
            "PolicyDocument": {
               "Version" : "2012-10-17",
               "Statement": [ {
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Action": "*",
                  "Resource": "*"
               } ]
            },
            "Roles": [ { "Ref": "RootRole" } ]
         }
      },
      "RootInstanceProfile": {
         "Type": "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile",
         "Properties": {
            "Path": "/",
            "Roles": [ { "Ref": "RootRole" } ]
         }
      }
   }
}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Resources:
  myLCOne:
    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
    Version: '2009-05-15'
    Properties:
      ImageId: ami-0ff8a91507f77f867
      InstanceType: m1.small
      InstanceMonitoring: 'true'
      IamInstanceProfile:
        !Ref RootInstanceProfile
  myASGrpOne:
    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
    Version: '2009-05-15'
    Properties:
      AvailabilityZones:
      - "us-east-1a"
      LaunchConfigurationName:
        !Ref myLCOne
      MinSize: '0'
      MaxSize: '0'
      HealthCheckType: EC2
      HealthCheckGracePeriod: '120'
  RootRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service:
            - ec2.amazonaws.com
          Action:
          - sts:AssumeRole
      Path: "/"
  RolePolicies:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Policy
    Properties:
      PolicyName: root
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Action: "*"
          Resource: "*"
      Roles:
      - !Ref RootRole
  RootInstanceProfile:
    Type: AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile
    Properties:
      Path: "/"
      Roles:
      - !Ref RootRole