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Use CreateGroup with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateGroup.

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.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

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    /// <summary>
    /// Create an IAM group.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="groupName">The name to give the IAM group.</param>
    /// <returns>The IAM group that was created.</returns>
    public async Task<Group> CreateGroupAsync(string groupName)
    {
        var response = await _IAMService.CreateGroupAsync(new CreateGroupRequest { GroupName = groupName });
        return response.Group;
    }

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

To create an IAM group

The following create-group command creates an IAM group named Admins.

aws iam create-group \
    --group-name Admins

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "Path": "/",
        "CreateDate": "2015-03-09T20:30:24.940Z",
        "GroupId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Admins",
        "GroupName": "Admins"
    }
}

For more information, see Creating IAM user groups in the AWS IAM User Guide.

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in AWS CLI Command Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository. 

import { CreateGroupCommand, IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam";

const client = new IAMClient({});

/**
 *
 * @param {string} groupName
 */
export const createGroup = async (groupName) => {
  const command = new CreateGroupCommand({ GroupName: groupName });

  const response = await client.send(command);
  console.log(response);
  return response;
};

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in AWS SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates a new IAM group named Developers.

New-IAMGroup -GroupName Developers

Output:

Arn        : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Developers
CreateDate : 4/14/2015 11:21:31 AM
GroupId    : QNEJ5PM4NFSQCEXAMPLE1
GroupName  : Developers
Path       : /

  • For API details, see CreateGroup in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.