[ aws . iot ]

create-policy-version

Description

Creates a new version of the specified AWS IoT policy. To update a policy, create a new policy version. A managed policy can have up to five versions. If the policy has five versions, you must use DeletePolicyVersion to delete an existing version before you create a new one.

Optionally, you can set the new version as the policy’s default version. The default version is the operative version (that is, the version that is in effect for the certificates to which the policy is attached).

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  create-policy-version
--policy-name <value>
--policy-document <value>
[--set-as-default | --no-set-as-default]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--policy-name (string)

The policy name.

--policy-document (string)

The JSON document that describes the policy. Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048, excluding whitespace.

--set-as-default | --no-set-as-default (boolean)

Specifies whether the policy version is set as the default. When this parameter is true, the new policy version becomes the operative version (that is, the version that is in effect for the certificates to which the policy is attached).

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

To update a policy with a new version

The following create-policy-version example updates a policy definition, creating a new policy version. This example also makes the new version the default.

aws iot create-policy-version \
    --policy-name UpdateDeviceCertPolicy \
    --policy-document file://policy.json \
    --set-as-default

Contents of policy.json:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":  "iot:UpdateCertificate",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Output:

{
    "policyArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:policy/UpdateDeviceCertPolicy",
    "policyDocument": "{ \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\", \"Statement\": [ { \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Action\":  \"iot:UpdateCertificate\", \"Resource\": \"*\" } ] }",
    "policyVersionId": "2",
    "isDefaultVersion": true
}

For more information, see AWS IoT Policies in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Output

policyArn -> (string)

The policy ARN.

policyDocument -> (string)

The JSON document that describes the policy.

policyVersionId -> (string)

The policy version ID.

isDefaultVersion -> (boolean)

Specifies whether the policy version is the default.