Use UpdateGroup with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use UpdateGroup with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use UpdateGroup.

CLI
AWS CLI

To rename an IAM group

The following update-group command changes the name of the IAM group Test to Test-1.

aws iam update-group \
    --group-name Test \
    --new-group-name Test-1

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Renaming an IAM user group in the AWS IAM User Guide.

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

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example renames the IAM group Testers to AppTesters.

Update-IAMGroup -GroupName Testers -NewGroupName AppTesters

Example 2: This example changes the path of the IAM group AppTesters to /Org1/Org2/. This changes the ARN for the group to arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Org1/Org2/AppTesters.

Update-IAMGroup -GroupName AppTesters -NewPath /Org1/Org2/

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