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CDK routines for easily assigning correct and minimal IAM permissions
@aws-cdk/aws-iam is an AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) library that allows you to define AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources in your CDK applications. This package provides constructs for creating and managing IAM roles, users, policies, and groups, enabling you to manage permissions and access control in your AWS environment programmatically.
Create IAM Role
This code sample demonstrates how to create an IAM role that can be assumed by EC2 instances and has read-only access to Amazon S3.
const iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
constructor(scope, id, props) {
super(scope, id, props);
new iam.Role(this, 'MyRole', {
assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('ec2.amazonaws.com'),
managedPolicies: [
iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName('AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess')
]
});
}
}
const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');
Create IAM User
This code sample demonstrates how to create an IAM user with administrator access.
const iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
constructor(scope, id, props) {
super(scope, id, props);
new iam.User(this, 'MyUser', {
userName: 'my-user',
managedPolicies: [
iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName('AdministratorAccess')
]
});
}
}
const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');
Attach Inline Policy to Role
This code sample demonstrates how to create an IAM role and attach an inline policy that allows listing objects in a specific S3 bucket.
const iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
constructor(scope, id, props) {
super(scope, id, props);
const role = new iam.Role(this, 'MyRole', {
assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('lambda.amazonaws.com')
});
role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
actions: ['s3:ListBucket'],
resources: ['arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket']
}));
}
}
const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');
The aws-sdk package is the official AWS SDK for JavaScript, which allows you to interact with AWS services, including IAM, using JavaScript. Unlike @aws-cdk/aws-iam, which is used for defining and deploying AWS infrastructure, aws-sdk is used for making API calls to AWS services.
The serverless framework is a toolkit for deploying and operating serverless architectures, including AWS Lambda functions and associated IAM roles and policies. It provides a higher-level abstraction compared to @aws-cdk/aws-iam and is focused on serverless applications.
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool that provides a consistent CLI workflow to manage hundreds of cloud services, including AWS IAM. It is similar to @aws-cdk/aws-iam in that it allows you to define and manage AWS infrastructure, but it is not limited to AWS and supports multiple cloud providers.
This is a developer preview (public beta) module. Releases might lack important features and might have future breaking changes.
This API is still under active development and subject to non-backward compatible changes or removal in any future version. Use of the API is not recommended in production environments. Experimental APIs are not subject to the Semantic Versioning model.
Define a role and add permissions to it. This will automatically create and attach an IAM policy to the role:
Define a policy and attach it to groups, users and roles. Note that it is possible to attach
the policy either by calling xxx.attachInlinePolicy(policy)
or policy.attachToXxx(xxx)
.
attaching policies to user and group
Managed policies can be attached using xxx.attachManagedPolicy(arn)
:
Many of the AWS CDK resources have grant*
methods that allow you to grant other resources access to that resource. As an example, the following code gives a Lambda function write permissions (Put, Update, Delete) to a DynamoDB table.
const fn = new lambda.Function(...);
const table = new dynamodb.Table(...);
table.grantWriteData(fn);
The more generic grant
method allows you to give specific permissions to a resource:
const fn = new lambda.Function(...);
const table = new dynamodb.Table(...);
table.grant(fn, 'dynamodb:PutItem');
The grant*
methods accept an IGrantable
object. This interface is implemented by IAM principles resources (groups, users and roles) and resources that assume a role such as a Lambda function, EC2 instance or a Codebuild project.
You can find which grant*
methods exist for a resource in the AWS CDK API Reference.
If you need to create roles that will be assumed by 3rd parties, it is generally a good idea to require an ExternalId
to assume them. Configuring
an ExternalId
works like this:
When we say Principal, we mean an entity you grant permissions to. This
entity can be an AWS Service, a Role, or something more abstract such as "all
users in this account" or even "all users in this organization". An
Identity is an IAM representing a single IAM entity that can have
a policy attached, one of Role
, User
, or Group
.
When defining policy statements as part of an AssumeRole policy or as part of a
resource policy, statements would usually refer to a specific IAM principal
under Principal
.
IAM principals are modeled as classes that derive from the iam.PolicyPrincipal
abstract class. Principal objects include principal type (string) and value
(array of string), optional set of conditions and the action that this principal
requires when it is used in an assume role policy document.
To add a principal to a policy statement you can either use the abstract
statement.addPrincipal
, one of the concrete addXxxPrincipal
methods:
addAwsPrincipal
, addArnPrincipal
or new ArnPrincipal(arn)
for { "AWS": arn }
addAwsAccountPrincipal
or new AccountPrincipal(accountId)
for { "AWS": account-arn }
addServicePrincipal
or new ServicePrincipal(service)
for { "Service": service }
addAccountRootPrincipal
or new AccountRootPrincipal()
for { "AWS": { "Ref: "AWS::AccountId" } }
addCanonicalUserPrincipal
or new CanonicalUserPrincipal(id)
for { "CanonicalUser": id }
addFederatedPrincipal
or new FederatedPrincipal(federated, conditions, assumeAction)
for
{ "Federated": arn }
and a set of optional conditions and the assume role action to use.addAnyPrincipal
or new AnyPrincipal
for { "AWS": "*" }
If multiple principals are added to the policy statement, they will be merged together:
const statement = new PolicyStatement();
statement.addServicePrincipal('cloudwatch.amazonaws.com');
statement.addServicePrincipal('ec2.amazonaws.com');
statement.addArnPrincipal('arn:aws:boom:boom');
Will result in:
{
"Principal": {
"Service": [ "cloudwatch.amazonaws.com", "ec2.amazonaws.com" ],
"AWS": "arn:aws:boom:boom"
}
}
The CompositePrincipal
class can also be used to define complex principals, for example:
const role = new iam.Role(this, 'MyRole', {
assumedBy: new iam.CompositePrincipal(
new iam.ServicePrincipal('ec2.amazonaws.com'),
new iam.AccountPrincipal('1818188181818187272')
)
});
0.35.0 (2019-06-19)
cdk context
(#2870) (b8a1c8e), closes #2854name
in StageProps
to stageName
. (#2882) (be574a1)hwType
to hardwareType
(#2916) (1aa0589), closes #2896aws-sns-subscribers
(#2804) (9ef899c)AssetProps.packaging
has been removed and is now automatically discovered based on the file type.ZipDirectoryAsset
has been removed, use aws-s3-assets.Asset
.FileAsset
has been removed, use aws-s3-assets.Asset
.Code.directory
and Code.file
have been removed. Use Code.asset
.hardwareType
from hwType
.TableOptions.pitrEnabled
renamed to pointInTimeRecovery
.TableOptions.sseEnabled
renamed to serverSideEncryption
.TableOptions.ttlAttributeName
renamed to timeToLiveAttribute
.TableOptions.streamSpecification
renamed stream
.ContainerImage.fromAsset()
now takes only build directory
directly (no need to pass scope
or id
anymore).ISecret.secretJsonValue
renamed to secretValueFromJson
.ParameterStoreString
has been removed. Use StringParameter.fromStringParameterAttributes
.ParameterStoreSecureString
has been removed. Use StringParameter.fromSecureStringParameterAttributes
.ParameterOptions.name
was renamed to parameterName
.newStream
renamed to addStream
and doesn't need a scopenewSubscriptionFilter
renamed to addSubscriptionFilter
and doesn't need a scopenewMetricFilter
renamed to addMetricFilter
and doesn't need a scopeNewSubscriptionFilterProps
renamed to SubscriptionProps
NewLogStreamProps
renamed to LogStreamOptions
NewMetricFilterProps
renamed to MetricFilterOptions
JSONPattern
renamed to JsonPattern
MethodOptions.authorizerId
is now called authorizer
and accepts an IAuthorizer
which is a placeholder interface for the authorizer resource.restapi.executeApiArn
renamed to arnForExecuteApi
.restapi.latestDeployment
and deploymentStage
are now read-only.EventPattern.detail
is now a map.scheduleExpression: string
is now schedule: Schedule
.cdk.RemovalPolicy
to configure the resource's removal policy.applyRemovalPolicy
is now CfnResource.applyRemovalPolicy
.RemovalPolicy.Orphan
has been renamed to Retain
.RemovalPolicy.Forbid
has been removed, use Retain
.RepositoryProps.retain
is now removalPolicy
, and defaults to Retain
instead of remove since ECR is a stateful resourceKeyProps.retain
is now removalPolicy
LogGroupProps.retainLogGroup
is now removalPolicy
LogStreamProps.retainLogStream
is now removalPolicy
DatabaseClusterProps.deleteReplacePolicy
is now removalPolicy
DatabaseInstanceNewProps.deleteReplacePolicy
is now removalPolicy
attr
instead of the resource type. For example, in S3 bucket.bucketArn
is now bucket.attrArn
.propertyOverrides
has been removed from all "Cfn" resources, instead
users can now read/write resource properties directly on the resource class. For example, instead of lambda.propertyOverrides.runtime
just use lambda.runtime
.stageName
instead of name
Function.addLayer
to addLayers
and made it variadicIFunction.handler
propertyIVersion.versionArn
property (the value is at functionArn
)SingletonLayerVersion
LogRetention
PolicyStatement
no longer has a fluid API, and accepts a
props object to be able to set the important fields.ImportedResourcePrincipal
to UnknownPrincipal
.managedPolicyArns
renamed to managedPolicies
, takes
return value from ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName()
.PolicyDocument.postProcess()
is now removed.PolicyDocument.addStatement()
renamed to addStatements
.PolicyStatement
is no longer IResolvable
, call .toStatementJson()
to retrieve the IAM policy statement JSON.AwsPrincipal
has been removed, use ArnPrincipal
instead.s3.StorageClass
is now an enum-like class instead of a regular
enum. This means that you need to call .value
in order to obtain it's value.s3.Coordinates
renamed to s3.Location
Artifact.s3Coordinates
renamed to Artifact.s3Location
.BuildSpec
object.lambda.Runtime.NodeJS*
are now lambda.Runtime.Nodejs*
Stack
APIstack.name
renamed to stack.stackName
stack.stackName
will return the concrete stack name. Use Aws.stackName
to indicate { Ref: "AWS::StackName" }.stack.account
and stack.region
will return the concrete account/region only if they are explicitly specified when the stack is defined (under the env
prop). Otherwise, they will return a token that resolves to the AWS::AccountId and AWS::Region intrinsic references. Use Context.getDefaultAccount()
and Context.getDefaultRegion()
to obtain the defaults passed through the toolkit in case those are needed. Use Token.isUnresolved(v)
to check if you have a concrete or intrinsic.stack.logicalId
has been removed. Use stack.getLogicalId()
stack.env
has been removed, use stack.account
, stack.region
and stack.environment
insteadstack.accountId
renamed to stack.account
(to allow treating account more abstractly)AvailabilityZoneProvider
can now be accessed through Context.getAvailabilityZones()
SSMParameterProvider
can now be accessed through Context.getSsmParameter()
parseArn
is now Arn.parse
arnFromComponents
is now arn.format
node.lock
and node.unlock
are now privatestack.requireRegion
and requireAccountId
have been removed. Use Token.unresolved(stack.region)
insteadstack.parentApp
have been removed. Use App.isApp(stack.node.root)
instead.stack.missingContext
is now privatestack.renameLogical
have been renamed to stack.renameLogicalId
IAddressingScheme
, HashedAddressingScheme
and LogicalIDs
are now internal. Override Stack.allocateLogicalId
to customize how logical IDs are allocated to resources.--rename
, and the stack
names are now immutable on the stack artifact.@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscribers
package.roleName
in RoleProps
is now of type PhysicalName
bucketName
in BucketProps
is now of type PhysicalName
roleName
in RoleProps
is now of type PhysicalName
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CDK routines for easily assigning correct and minimal IAM permissions
The npm package @aws-cdk/aws-iam receives a total of 144,063 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-cdk/aws-iam popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-cdk/aws-iam demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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