This class is the starting point for working with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
For more information about IAM:
You can setup default credentials for all AWS services via AWS.config:
AWS.config( :access_key_id => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID', :secret_access_key => 'YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
Or you can set them directly on the IAM interface:
iam = AWS::IAM.new( :access_key_id => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID', :secret_access_key => 'YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
You can get account level information about entity usage and IAM quotas directly from an IAM interface object.
summary = iam.account_summary puts "Num users: #{summary[:users]}" puts "Num user quota: #{summary[:users_quota]}"
For a complete list of summary attributes see the {account_summary} method.
Currently IAM only supports a single account alias for each AWS account. You can set the account alias on the IAM interface.
iam.account_alias = 'myaccountalias' iam.account_alias #=> 'myaccountalias'
You can also remove your account alias:
iam.remove_account_alias iam.account_alias #=> nil
You can create up to 2 access for your account and 2 for each user. This makes it easy to rotate keys if you need to. You can also deactivate/activate access keys.
# get your current access key old_access_key = iam.access_keys.first # create a new access key new_access_key = iam.access_keys.create new_access_key.credentials #=> { :access_key_id => 'ID', :secret_access_key => 'SECRET' } # go rotate your keys/credentials ... # now disable the old access key old_access_key.deactivate! # go make sure everything still works ... # all done, lets clean up old_access_key.delete
Users can also have access keys:
u = iam.users['someuser'] access_key = u.access_keys.create access_key.credentials #=> { :access_key_id => 'ID', :secret_access_key => 'SECRET' }
See {AccessKeyCollection} and {AccessKey} for more information about working with access keys.
Each AWS account can have multiple users. Users can be used to easily manage permissions. Users can also be organized into groups.
user = iam.users.create('JohnDoe') group = iam.groups.create('Developers') # add a user to a group user.groups.add(group) # remove a user from a group user.groups.remove(group) # add a user to a group group.users.add(user) # remove a user from a group group.users.remove(user)
See {User}, {UserCollection}, {Group} and {GroupCollection} for more information on how to work with users and groups.
Other useful IAM interfaces:
Returns a collection that represents the access keys for this AWS account.
iam = AWS::IAM.new iam.access_keys.each do |access_key| puts access_key.id end
@return [AccessKeyCollection] Returns a collection that represents all
access keys for this AWS account.
@return [String,nil] Returns the account alias. If this account has
no alias, then +nil+ is returned.
Sets the account alias for this AWS account. @param [String] account_alias @return [String] Returns the account alias passed.
Retrieves account level information about account entity usage and IAM quotas. The returned hash contains the following keys:
@return [Hash]
Returns a collection that represents all AWS groups for this account:
@example Getting a group by name
group = iam.groups['groupname']
@example Enumerating groups
iam.groups.each do |group| puts group.name end
@return [GroupCollection] Returns a collection that represents all of
the IAM groups for this AWS account.
@note Currently, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing is the only
service to support the use of server certificates with IAM. Using server certificates with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing is described in the {http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/US_SettingUpLoadBalancerHTTPSIntegrated.html Amazon Elastic Load Balancing} Developer Guide.
Returns a collection that represents the server certificates for this AWS account.
iam = AWS::IAM.new iam.server_certificates.each do |cert| # ... end
@return [ServerCertificateCollection] Returns a collection that
represents server certificates for this AWS account.
Returns a collection that represents the signing certificates for this AWS account.
iam = AWS::IAM.new iam.signing_certificates.each do |cert| # ... end
If you need to access the signing certificates of a specific user, see {User#signing_certificates}.
@return [SigningCertificateCollection] Returns a collection that
represents signing certificates for this AWS account.
Returns a collection that represents all AWS users for this account:
@example Getting a user by name
user = iam.users['username']
@example Enumerating users
iam.users.each do |user| puts user.name end
@return [UserCollection] Returns a collection that represents all of
the IAM users for this AWS account.