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# iam_managed_policy – Manage User Managed IAM policies

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Allows creating and removing managed IAM policies

## 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 | Choices: 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.
fail_on_delete boolean | Choices: no yes | The fail_on_delete option does nothing.
make_default boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Make this revision the default revision.
only_version boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Remove all other non default revisions, if this is used with `make_default` it will result in all other versions of this policy being deleted.
policy json |  | A properly json formatted policy
policy_description string | Default: "" | A helpful description of this policy, this value is immutable and only set when creating a new policy.
policy_name string / required |  | The name of the managed policy.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
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 string | Choices: present ← absent | Should this managed policy be present or absent. Set to absent to detach all entities from this policy and remove it if found.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: 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

    # Create Policy ex nihilo
    - name: Create IAM Managed Policy
      iam_managed_policy:
        policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
        policy_description: "A Helpful managed policy"
        policy: "{{ lookup('template', 'managed_policy.json.j2') }}"
        state: present

    # Update a policy with a new default version
    - name: Create IAM Managed Policy
      iam_managed_policy:
        policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
        policy: "{{ lookup('file', 'managed_policy_update.json') }}"
        state: present

    # Update a policy with a new non default version
    - name: Create IAM Managed Policy
      iam_managed_policy:
        policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
        policy: "{{ lookup('file', 'managed_policy_update.json') }}"
        make_default: false
        state: present

    # Update a policy and make it the only version and the default version
    - name: Create IAM Managed Policy
      iam_managed_policy:
        policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
        policy: "{ 'Version': '2012-10-17', 'Statement':[{'Effect': 'Allow','Action': '*','Resource': '*'}]}"
        only_version: true
        state: present

    # Remove a policy
    - name: Create IAM Managed Policy
      iam_managed_policy:
        policy_name: "ManagedPolicy"
        state: absent

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
policy string | success | Returns the policy json structure, when state == absent this will return the value of the removed policy. Sample: { "arn": "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess " "attachment_count": 0, "create_date": "2017-03-01T15:42:55.981000+00:00", "default_version_id": "v1", "is_attachable": true, "path": "/", "policy_id": "ANPALM4KLDMTFXGOOJIHL", "policy_name": "AdministratorAccess", "update_date": "2017-03-01T15:42:55.981000+00:00" }

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Dan Kozlowski (@dkhenry)

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