amazon.aws.iam_user module – Manage AWS IAM users
Note
This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 7.6.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.iam_user.
New in amazon.aws 5.0.0
Synopsis
A module to manage AWS IAM users.
The module does not manage groups that users belong to, groups memberships can be managed using amazon.aws.iam_group.
This module was originally added to
community.awsin release 1.0.0.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.26.0
botocore >= 1.29.0
Parameters
Parameter |
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AWS access key ID. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. The |
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A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config. |
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The ARN of an IAM managed policy to apply as a boundary policy for this user. Boundary policies can be used to restrict the permissions a user can excercise, but does not grant any policies in and of itself. For more information on boundaries, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_boundaries.html. Set to the empty string |
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Use a The Choices:
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URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS. The The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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A list of managed policy ARNs or friendly names to attach to the user. To embed an inline policy, use community.aws.iam_policy. Default: |
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The name of the user. Note: user names are unique within an account. Paths (path) do not affect the uniqueness requirements of name. For example it is not permitted to have both
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The password to apply to the user. |
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Defines if the user is required to set a new password when they log in. Ignored unless a new password is set. Choices:
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The path for the user. For more information about IAM paths, see the AWS IAM identifiers documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html. |
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A named AWS profile to use for authentication. See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html. The The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options. |
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When purge_policies=true any managed policies not listed in managed_policies will be detached. Choices:
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If purge_tags=true and tags is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter. If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if purge_tags=True. Tag keys beginning with Choices:
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The AWS region to use. For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored. The See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region. The Support for the |
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Option to delete user login passwords. This field is mutually exclusive to password. Choices:
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AWS secret access key. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive. Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0. The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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Create or remove the IAM user. Choices:
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A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource. If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified. |
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When to update user passwords. update_password=always will ensure the password is set to password. update_password=on_create will only set the password for newly created users. Choices:
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When set to Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead. Choices:
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When wait=True the module will wait for up to wait_timeout seconds for IAM user creation before returning. Choices:
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How long (in seconds) to wait for creation / updates to complete. Default: |
Notes
Note
Support for tags and purge_tags was added in release 2.1.0.
Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.
The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically
~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.
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 amazon.aws.iam_group,
# as users belong to them.
- name: Create a user
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
state: present
- name: Create a user with a password
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
password: SomeSecurePassword
state: present
- name: Create a user and attach a managed policy using its ARN
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
managed_policies:
- arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSNSFullAccess
state: present
- name: Remove all managed policies from an existing user with an empty list
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
state: present
purge_policies: true
- name: Create user with tags
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
state: present
tags:
Env: Prod
- name: Delete the user
amazon.aws.iam_user:
name: testuser1
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
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dictionary containing all the user information Returned: success |
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the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the user Returned: success Sample: |
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list containing basic information about managed policies attached to the group. Returned: success |
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the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the managed policy. Returned: success Sample: |
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the friendly name that identifies the policy. Returned: success Sample: |
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the date and time, in ISO 8601 date-time format, when the user was created Returned: success Sample: |
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the path to the user Returned: success Sample: |
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user tags Returned: always Sample: |
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the stable and unique string identifying the user Returned: success Sample: |
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the friendly name that identifies the user Returned: success Sample: |