iam – Manage IAM users, groups, roles and keys

Synopsis

  • Allows for the management of IAM users, user API keys, groups, roles.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • boto

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
access_key_ids
list
A list of the keys that you want impacted by the access_key_state parameter.
access_key_state
string
    Choices:
  • create
  • remove
  • active
  • inactive
  • Create
  • Remove
  • Active
  • Inactive
When type is user, it creates, removes, deactivates or activates a user's access key(s). Note that actions apply only to keys specified.
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.
groups
list
A list of groups the user should belong to. When update, will gracefully remove groups not listed.
iam_type
string
    Choices:
  • user
  • group
  • role
Type of IAM resource
key_count
integer
Default:
1
When access_key_state is create it will ensure this quantity of keys are present. Defaults to 1.
name
string / required
Name of IAM resource to create or identify
new_name
string
When state is update, will replace name with new_name on IAM resource
new_path
string
When state is update, will replace the path with new_path on the IAM resource
password
string
When type is user and state is present, define the users login password. Also works with update. Note that always returns changed.
path
string
Default:
"/"
When creating or updating, specify the desired path of the resource. If state is present, it will replace the current path to match what is passed in when they do not match.
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
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 / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
  • update
Whether to create, delete or update the IAM resource. Note, roles cannot be updated.
trust_policy
dictionary
The inline (JSON or YAML) trust policy document that grants an entity permission to assume the role. Mutually exclusive with trust_policy_filepath.
trust_policy_filepath
string
The path to the trust policy document that grants an entity permission to assume the role. Mutually exclusive with trust_policy.
update_password
string
    Choices:
  • always ←
  • on_create
always will update passwords if they differ. on_create will only set the password for newly created users.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • Currently boto does not support the removal of Managed Policies, the module will error out if your user/group/role has managed policies when you try to do state=absent. They will need to be removed manually.

  • 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

# Basic user creation example
tasks:
- name: Create two new IAM users with API keys
  iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    password: "{{ temp_pass }}"
    access_key_state: create
  loop:
    - jcleese
    - mpython

# Advanced example, create two new groups and add the pre-existing user
# jdavila to both groups.
task:
- name: Create Two Groups, Mario and Luigi
  iam:
    iam_type: group
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
  loop:
     - Mario
     - Luigi
  register: new_groups

- name:
  iam:
    iam_type: user
    name: jdavila
    state: update
    groups: "{{ item.created_group.group_name }}"
  loop: "{{ new_groups.results }}"

# Example of role with custom trust policy for Lambda service
- name: Create IAM role with custom trust relationship
  iam:
    iam_type: role
    name: AAALambdaTestRole
    state: present
    trust_policy:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
      - Action: sts:AssumeRole
        Effect: Allow
        Principal:
          Service: lambda.amazonaws.com

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
role_result
string
if iam_type=role and state=present
the IAM.role dict returned by Boto

Sample:
{'arn': 'arn:aws:iam::A1B2C3D4E5F6:role/my-new-role', 'assume_role_policy_document': '...truncated...', 'create_date': '2017-09-02T14:32:23Z', 'path': '/', 'role_id': 'AROAA1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I', 'role_name': 'my-new-role'}
roles
list
if iam_type=role and state=present
a list containing the name of the currently defined roles

Sample:
['my-new-role', 'my-existing-role-1', 'my-existing-role-2', 'my-existing-role-3', 'my-existing-role-...']


Status

Authors

  • Jonathan I. Davila (@defionscode)

  • Paul Seiffert (@seiffert)

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