aws-cdk-lib.aws_iam.CfnRole

class CfnRole (construct)

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Implements IConstruct, IDependable, IInspectable

A CloudFormation AWS::IAM::Role.

Creates a new role for your AWS account .

For more information about roles, see IAM roles in the IAM User Guide . For information about quotas for role names and the number of roles you can create, see IAM and AWS STS quotas in the IAM User Guide .

Example

// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
import { aws_iam as iam } from 'aws-cdk-lib';

declare const assumeRolePolicyDocument: any;
declare const policyDocument: any;
const cfnRole = new iam.CfnRole(this, 'MyCfnRole', {
  assumeRolePolicyDocument: assumeRolePolicyDocument,

  // the properties below are optional
  description: 'description',
  managedPolicyArns: ['managedPolicyArns'],
  maxSessionDuration: 123,
  path: 'path',
  permissionsBoundary: 'permissionsBoundary',
  policies: [{
    policyDocument: policyDocument,
    policyName: 'policyName',
  }],
  roleName: 'roleName',
  tags: [{
    key: 'key',
    value: 'value',
  }],
});

Initializer

new CfnRole(scope: Construct, id: string, props: CfnRoleProps)

Parameters

  • scope Construct — - scope in which this resource is defined.
  • id string — - scoped id of the resource.
  • props CfnRoleProps — - resource properties.

Create a new AWS::IAM::Role.

Construct Props

NameTypeDescription
assumeRolePolicyDocumentanyThe trust policy that is associated with this role.
description?stringA description of the role that you provide.
managedPolicyArns?string[]A list of Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of the IAM managed policies that you want to attach to the role.
maxSessionDuration?numberThe maximum session duration (in seconds) that you want to set for the specified role.
path?stringThe path to the role. For more information about paths, see IAM Identifiers in the IAM User Guide .
permissionsBoundary?stringThe ARN of the policy used to set the permissions boundary for the role.
policies?IResolvable | IResolvable | PolicyProperty[]Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM role.
roleName?stringA name for the IAM role, up to 64 characters in length.
tags?CfnTag[]A list of tags that are attached to the role.

assumeRolePolicyDocument

Type: any

The trust policy that is associated with this role.

Trust policies define which entities can assume the role. You can associate only one trust policy with a role. For an example of a policy that can be used to assume a role, see Template Examples . For more information about the elements that you can use in an IAM policy, see IAM Policy Elements Reference in the IAM User Guide .


description?

Type: string (optional)

A description of the role that you provide.


managedPolicyArns?

Type: string[] (optional)

A list of Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of the IAM managed policies that you want to attach to the role.

For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces in the AWS General Reference .


maxSessionDuration?

Type: number (optional)

The maximum session duration (in seconds) that you want to set for the specified role.

If you do not specify a value for this setting, the default value of one hour is applied. This setting can have a value from 1 hour to 12 hours.

Anyone who assumes the role from the AWS CLI or API can use the DurationSeconds API parameter or the duration-seconds AWS CLI parameter to request a longer session. The MaxSessionDuration setting determines the maximum duration that can be requested using the DurationSeconds parameter. If users don't specify a value for the DurationSeconds parameter, their security credentials are valid for one hour by default. This applies when you use the AssumeRole* API operations or the assume-role* AWS CLI operations but does not apply when you use those operations to create a console URL. For more information, see Using IAM roles in the IAM User Guide .


path?

Type: string (optional)

The path to the role. For more information about paths, see IAM Identifiers in the IAM User Guide .

This parameter is optional. If it is not included, it defaults to a slash (/).

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of either a forward slash (/) by itself or a string that must begin and end with forward slashes. In addition, it can contain any ASCII character from the ! ( \ u0021 ) through the DEL character ( \ u007F ), including most punctuation characters, digits, and upper and lowercased letters.


permissionsBoundary?

Type: string (optional)

The ARN of the policy used to set the permissions boundary for the role.

For more information about permissions boundaries, see Permissions boundaries for IAM identities in the IAM User Guide .


policies?

Type: IResolvable | IResolvable | PolicyProperty[] (optional)

Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM role.

When you embed an inline policy in a role, the inline policy is used as part of the role's access (permissions) policy. The role's trust policy is created at the same time as the role. You can update a role's trust policy later. For more information about IAM roles, go to Using Roles to Delegate Permissions and Federate Identities .

A role can also have an attached managed policy. For information about policies, see Managed Policies and Inline Policies in the IAM User Guide .

For information about limits on the number of inline policies that you can embed with a role, see Limitations on IAM Entities in the IAM User Guide .

If an external policy (such as AWS::IAM::Policy or AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy ) has a Ref to a role and if a resource (such as AWS::ECS::Service ) also has a Ref to the same role, add a DependsOn attribute to the resource to make the resource depend on the external policy. This dependency ensures that the role's policy is available throughout the resource's lifecycle. For example, when you delete a stack with an AWS::ECS::Service resource, the DependsOn attribute ensures that AWS CloudFormation deletes the AWS::ECS::Service resource before deleting its role's policy.


roleName?

Type: string (optional)

A name for the IAM role, up to 64 characters in length.

For valid values, see the RoleName parameter for the CreateRole action in the IAM User Guide .

This parameter allows (per its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-. The role name must be unique within the account. Role names are not distinguished by case. For example, you cannot create roles named both "Role1" and "role1".

If you don't specify a name, AWS CloudFormation generates a unique physical ID and uses that ID for the role name.

If you specify a name, you must specify the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM value to acknowledge your template's capabilities. For more information, see Acknowledging IAM Resources in AWS CloudFormation Templates .

Naming an IAM resource can cause an unrecoverable error if you reuse the same template in multiple Regions. To prevent this, we recommend using Fn::Join and AWS::Region to create a Region-specific name, as in the following example: {"Fn::Join": ["", [{"Ref": "AWS::Region"}, {"Ref": "MyResourceName"}]]} .


tags?

Type: CfnTag[] (optional)

A list of tags that are attached to the role.

For more information about tagging, see Tagging IAM resources in the IAM User Guide .

Properties

NameTypeDescription
assumeRolePolicyDocumentanyThe trust policy that is associated with this role.
attrArnstringReturns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the role. For example:.
attrRoleIdstringReturns the stable and unique string identifying the role. For example, AIDAJQABLZS4A3QDU576Q .
cfnOptionsICfnResourceOptionsOptions for this resource, such as condition, update policy etc.
cfnProperties{ [string]: any }
cfnResourceTypestringAWS resource type.
creationStackstring[]
logicalIdstringThe logical ID for this CloudFormation stack element.
nodeNodeThe tree node.
refstringReturn a string that will be resolved to a CloudFormation { Ref } for this element.
stackStackThe stack in which this element is defined.
tagsTagManagerA list of tags that are attached to the role.
description?stringA description of the role that you provide.
managedPolicyArns?string[]A list of Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of the IAM managed policies that you want to attach to the role.
maxSessionDuration?numberThe maximum session duration (in seconds) that you want to set for the specified role.
path?stringThe path to the role. For more information about paths, see IAM Identifiers in the IAM User Guide .
permissionsBoundary?stringThe ARN of the policy used to set the permissions boundary for the role.
policies?IResolvable | IResolvable | PolicyProperty[]Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM role.
roleName?stringA name for the IAM role, up to 64 characters in length.
static CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAMEstringThe CloudFormation resource type name for this resource class.

assumeRolePolicyDocument

Type: any

The trust policy that is associated with this role.

Trust policies define which entities can assume the role. You can associate only one trust policy with a role. For an example of a policy that can be used to assume a role, see Template Examples . For more information about the elements that you can use in an IAM policy, see IAM Policy Elements Reference in the IAM User Guide .


attrArn

Type: string

Returns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the role. For example:.

{"Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyRole", "Arn"] }

This will return a value such as arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/MyRole-AJJHDSKSDF .


attrRoleId

Type: string

Returns the stable and unique string identifying the role. For example, AIDAJQABLZS4A3QDU576Q .

For more information about IDs, see IAM Identifiers in the IAM User Guide .


cfnOptions

Type: ICfnResourceOptions

Options for this resource, such as condition, update policy etc.


cfnProperties

Type: { [string]: any }


cfnResourceType

Type: string

AWS resource type.


creationStack

Type: string[]


logicalId

Type: string

The logical ID for this CloudFormation stack element.

The logical ID of the element is calculated from the path of the resource node in the construct tree.

To override this value, use overrideLogicalId(newLogicalId).


node

Type: Node

The tree node.


ref

Type: string

Return a string that will be resolved to a CloudFormation { Ref } for this element.

If, by any chance, the intrinsic reference of a resource is not a string, you could coerce it to an IResolvable through Lazy.any({ produce: resource.ref }).


stack

Type: Stack

The stack in which this element is defined.

CfnElements must be defined within a stack scope (directly or indirectly).


tags

Type: TagManager

A list of tags that are attached to the role.

For more information about tagging, see Tagging IAM resources in the IAM User Guide .


description?

Type: string (optional)

A description of the role that you provide.


managedPolicyArns?

Type: string[] (optional)

A list of Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of the IAM managed policies that you want to attach to the role.

For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces in the AWS General Reference .


maxSessionDuration?

Type: number (optional)

The maximum session duration (in seconds) that you want to set for the specified role.

If you do not specify a value for this setting, the default value of one hour is applied. This setting can have a value from 1 hour to 12 hours.

Anyone who assumes the role from the AWS CLI or API can use the DurationSeconds API parameter or the duration-seconds AWS CLI parameter to request a longer session. The MaxSessionDuration setting determines the maximum duration that can be requested using the DurationSeconds parameter. If users don't specify a value for the DurationSeconds parameter, their security credentials are valid for one hour by default. This applies when you use the AssumeRole* API operations or the assume-role* AWS CLI operations but does not apply when you use those operations to create a console URL. For more information, see Using IAM roles in the IAM User Guide .


path?

Type: string (optional)

The path to the role. For more information about paths, see IAM Identifiers in the IAM User Guide .

This parameter is optional. If it is not included, it defaults to a slash (/).

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of either a forward slash (/) by itself or a string that must begin and end with forward slashes. In addition, it can contain any ASCII character from the ! ( \ u0021 ) through the DEL character ( \ u007F ), including most punctuation characters, digits, and upper and lowercased letters.


permissionsBoundary?

Type: string (optional)

The ARN of the policy used to set the permissions boundary for the role.

For more information about permissions boundaries, see Permissions boundaries for IAM identities in the IAM User Guide .


policies?

Type: IResolvable | IResolvable | PolicyProperty[] (optional)

Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM role.

When you embed an inline policy in a role, the inline policy is used as part of the role's access (permissions) policy. The role's trust policy is created at the same time as the role. You can update a role's trust policy later. For more information about IAM roles, go to Using Roles to Delegate Permissions and Federate Identities .

A role can also have an attached managed policy. For information about policies, see Managed Policies and Inline Policies in the IAM User Guide .

For information about limits on the number of inline policies that you can embed with a role, see Limitations on IAM Entities in the IAM User Guide .

If an external policy (such as AWS::IAM::Policy or AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy ) has a Ref to a role and if a resource (such as AWS::ECS::Service ) also has a Ref to the same role, add a DependsOn attribute to the resource to make the resource depend on the external policy. This dependency ensures that the role's policy is available throughout the resource's lifecycle. For example, when you delete a stack with an AWS::ECS::Service resource, the DependsOn attribute ensures that AWS CloudFormation deletes the AWS::ECS::Service resource before deleting its role's policy.


roleName?

Type: string (optional)

A name for the IAM role, up to 64 characters in length.

For valid values, see the RoleName parameter for the CreateRole action in the IAM User Guide .

This parameter allows (per its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-. The role name must be unique within the account. Role names are not distinguished by case. For example, you cannot create roles named both "Role1" and "role1".

If you don't specify a name, AWS CloudFormation generates a unique physical ID and uses that ID for the role name.

If you specify a name, you must specify the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM value to acknowledge your template's capabilities. For more information, see Acknowledging IAM Resources in AWS CloudFormation Templates .

Naming an IAM resource can cause an unrecoverable error if you reuse the same template in multiple Regions. To prevent this, we recommend using Fn::Join and AWS::Region to create a Region-specific name, as in the following example: {"Fn::Join": ["", [{"Ref": "AWS::Region"}, {"Ref": "MyResourceName"}]]} .


static CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME

Type: string

The CloudFormation resource type name for this resource class.

Methods

NameDescription
addDeletionOverride(path)Syntactic sugar for addOverride(path, undefined).
addDependency(target)Indicates that this resource depends on another resource and cannot be provisioned unless the other resource has been successfully provisioned.
addDependsOn(target)⚠️Indicates that this resource depends on another resource and cannot be provisioned unless the other resource has been successfully provisioned.
addMetadata(key, value)Add a value to the CloudFormation Resource Metadata.
addOverride(path, value)Adds an override to the synthesized CloudFormation resource.
addPropertyDeletionOverride(propertyPath)Adds an override that deletes the value of a property from the resource definition.
addPropertyOverride(propertyPath, value)Adds an override to a resource property.
applyRemovalPolicy(policy?, options?)Sets the deletion policy of the resource based on the removal policy specified.
getAtt(attributeName, typeHint?)Returns a token for an runtime attribute of this resource.
getMetadata(key)Retrieve a value value from the CloudFormation Resource Metadata.
inspect(inspector)Examines the CloudFormation resource and discloses attributes.
obtainDependencies()Retrieves an array of resources this resource depends on.
obtainResourceDependencies()Get a shallow copy of dependencies between this resource and other resources in the same stack.
overrideLogicalId(newLogicalId)Overrides the auto-generated logical ID with a specific ID.
removeDependency(target)Indicates that this resource no longer depends on another resource.
replaceDependency(target, newTarget)Replaces one dependency with another.
toString()Returns a string representation of this construct.
protected renderProperties(props)

addDeletionOverride(path)

public addDeletionOverride(path: string): void

Parameters

  • path string — The path of the value to delete.

Syntactic sugar for addOverride(path, undefined).


addDependency(target)

public addDependency(target: CfnResource): void

Parameters

  • target CfnResource

Indicates that this resource depends on another resource and cannot be provisioned unless the other resource has been successfully provisioned.

This can be used for resources across stacks (or nested stack) boundaries and the dependency will automatically be transferred to the relevant scope.


addDependsOn(target)⚠️

public addDependsOn(target: CfnResource): void

⚠️ Deprecated: use addDependency

Parameters

  • target CfnResource

Indicates that this resource depends on another resource and cannot be provisioned unless the other resource has been successfully provisioned.


addMetadata(key, value)

public addMetadata(key: string, value: any): void

Parameters

  • key string
  • value any

Add a value to the CloudFormation Resource Metadata.

See also: [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/metadata-section-structure.html

Note that this is a different set of metadata from CDK node metadata; this metadata ends up in the stack template under the resource, whereas CDK node metadata ends up in the Cloud Assembly.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/metadata-section-structure.html

Note that this is a different set of metadata from CDK node metadata; this metadata ends up in the stack template under the resource, whereas CDK node metadata ends up in the Cloud Assembly.)


addOverride(path, value)

public addOverride(path: string, value: any): void

Parameters

  • path string — - The path of the property, you can use dot notation to override values in complex types.
  • value any — - The value.

Adds an override to the synthesized CloudFormation resource.

To add a property override, either use addPropertyOverride or prefix path with "Properties." (i.e. Properties.TopicName).

If the override is nested, separate each nested level using a dot (.) in the path parameter. If there is an array as part of the nesting, specify the index in the path.

To include a literal . in the property name, prefix with a \. In most programming languages you will need to write this as "\\." because the \ itself will need to be escaped.

For example,

cfnResource.addOverride('Properties.GlobalSecondaryIndexes.0.Projection.NonKeyAttributes', ['myattribute']);
cfnResource.addOverride('Properties.GlobalSecondaryIndexes.1.ProjectionType', 'INCLUDE');

would add the overrides

"Properties": {
  "GlobalSecondaryIndexes": [
    {
      "Projection": {
        "NonKeyAttributes": [ "myattribute" ]
        ...
      }
      ...
    },
    {
      "ProjectionType": "INCLUDE"
      ...
    },
  ]
  ...
}

The value argument to addOverride will not be processed or translated in any way. Pass raw JSON values in here with the correct capitalization for CloudFormation. If you pass CDK classes or structs, they will be rendered with lowercased key names, and CloudFormation will reject the template.


addPropertyDeletionOverride(propertyPath)

public addPropertyDeletionOverride(propertyPath: string): void

Parameters

  • propertyPath string — The path to the property.

Adds an override that deletes the value of a property from the resource definition.


addPropertyOverride(propertyPath, value)

public addPropertyOverride(propertyPath: string, value: any): void

Parameters

  • propertyPath string — The path of the property.
  • value any — The value.

Adds an override to a resource property.

Syntactic sugar for addOverride("Properties.<...>", value).


applyRemovalPolicy(policy?, options?)

public applyRemovalPolicy(policy?: RemovalPolicy, options?: RemovalPolicyOptions): void

Parameters

  • policy RemovalPolicy
  • options RemovalPolicyOptions

Sets the deletion policy of the resource based on the removal policy specified.

The Removal Policy controls what happens to this resource when it stops being managed by CloudFormation, either because you've removed it from the CDK application or because you've made a change that requires the resource to be replaced.

The resource can be deleted (RemovalPolicy.DESTROY), or left in your AWS account for data recovery and cleanup later (RemovalPolicy.RETAIN). In some cases, a snapshot can be taken of the resource prior to deletion (RemovalPolicy.SNAPSHOT). A list of resources that support this policy can be found in the following link:

See also: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute-deletionpolicy.html#aws-attribute-deletionpolicy-options


getAtt(attributeName, typeHint?)

public getAtt(attributeName: string, typeHint?: ResolutionTypeHint): Reference

Parameters

  • attributeName string — The name of the attribute.
  • typeHint ResolutionTypeHint

Returns

  • Reference

Returns a token for an runtime attribute of this resource.

Ideally, use generated attribute accessors (e.g. resource.arn), but this can be used for future compatibility in case there is no generated attribute.


getMetadata(key)

public getMetadata(key: string): any

Parameters

  • key string

Returns

  • any

Retrieve a value value from the CloudFormation Resource Metadata.

See also: [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/metadata-section-structure.html

Note that this is a different set of metadata from CDK node metadata; this metadata ends up in the stack template under the resource, whereas CDK node metadata ends up in the Cloud Assembly.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/metadata-section-structure.html

Note that this is a different set of metadata from CDK node metadata; this metadata ends up in the stack template under the resource, whereas CDK node metadata ends up in the Cloud Assembly.)


inspect(inspector)

public inspect(inspector: TreeInspector): void

Parameters

  • inspector TreeInspector — - tree inspector to collect and process attributes.

Examines the CloudFormation resource and discloses attributes.


obtainDependencies()

public obtainDependencies(): Stack &#124; CfnResource[]

Returns

  • Stack | CfnResource[]

Retrieves an array of resources this resource depends on.

This assembles dependencies on resources across stacks (including nested stacks) automatically.


obtainResourceDependencies()

public obtainResourceDependencies(): CfnResource[]

Returns

  • CfnResource[]

Get a shallow copy of dependencies between this resource and other resources in the same stack.


overrideLogicalId(newLogicalId)

public overrideLogicalId(newLogicalId: string): void

Parameters

  • newLogicalId string — The new logical ID to use for this stack element.

Overrides the auto-generated logical ID with a specific ID.


removeDependency(target)

public removeDependency(target: CfnResource): void

Parameters

  • target CfnResource

Indicates that this resource no longer depends on another resource.

This can be used for resources across stacks (including nested stacks) and the dependency will automatically be removed from the relevant scope.


replaceDependency(target, newTarget)

public replaceDependency(target: CfnResource, newTarget: CfnResource): void

Parameters

  • target CfnResource — The dependency to replace.
  • newTarget CfnResource — The new dependency to add.

Replaces one dependency with another.


toString()

public toString(): string

Returns

  • string

Returns a string representation of this construct.


protected renderProperties(props)

protected renderProperties(props: { [string]: any }): { [string]: any }

Parameters

  • props { [string]: any }

Returns

  • { [string]: any }