AWS::Organizations::Policy - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::Organizations::Policy

Creates a policy of a specified type that you can attach to a root, an organizational unit (OU), or an individual AWS account.

For more information about policies and their use, see Managing AWS Organizations policies.

If the request includes tags, then the requester must have the organizations:TagResource permission.

This operation can be called only from the organization's management account.

Note

Before you can create a policy of a given type, you must first enable that policy type in your organization.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Organizations::Policy",
  "Properties" : {
      "Content" : Json,
      "Description" : String,
      "Name" : String,
      "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ],
      "TargetIds" : [ String, ... ],
      "Type" : String
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::Organizations::Policy
Properties:
  Content: Json
  Description: String
  Name: String
  Tags: 
    - Tag
  TargetIds: 
    - String
  Type: String

Properties

Content

The policy text content. You can specify the policy content as a JSON object or a JSON string.

Important

When you specify the policy content as a JSON string, you can't perform drift detection on the CloudFormation stack. For this reason, we recommend specifying the policy content as a JSON object instead.

The text that you supply must adhere to the rules of the policy type you specify in the Type parameter. The following AWS Organizations quotas are enforced for the maximum size of a policy document:

  • Service control policies: 5,120 characters

  • Backup policies: 10,000 characters

  • Tag policies: 10,000 characters

  • Chatbot policies: 10,000 characters

  • AI services opt-out policies: 2,500 characters

For more information about Organizations service quotas, see Quotas for AWS Organizations in the AWS Organizations User Guide.

Required: Yes

Type: Json

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1000000

Update requires: No interruption

Description

Human readable description of the policy.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Maximum: 512

Update requires: No interruption

Name

Name of the policy.

The regex pattern that is used to validate this parameter is a string of any of the characters in the ASCII character range.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 128

Update requires: No interruption

Tags

A list of tags that you want to attach to the newly created policy. For each tag in the list, you must specify both a tag key and a value. You can set the value to an empty string, but you can't set it to null. For more information about tagging, see Tagging AWS Organizations resources in the AWS Organizations User Guide.

Note

If any one of the tags is not valid or if you exceed the allowed number of tags for a policy, then the entire request fails and the policy is not created.

Required: No

Type: Array of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

TargetIds

List of unique identifiers (IDs) of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You can get the ID by calling the ListRoots, ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent, or ListAccounts operations. If you don't specify this parameter, the policy is created but not attached to any organization resource.

The regex pattern for a target ID string requires one of the following:

  • Root - A string that begins with "r-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits.

  • Account - A string that consists of exactly 12 digits.

  • Organizational unit (OU) - A string that begins with "ou-" followed by from 4 to 32 lowercase letters or digits (the ID of the root that the OU is in). This string is followed by a second "-" dash and from 8 to 32 additional lowercase letters or digits.

Required: No

Type: Array of String

Pattern: ^(r-[0-9a-z]{4,32})|(\d{12})|(ou-[0-9a-z]{4,32}-[a-z0-9]{8,32})$

Maximum: 100

Update requires: No interruption

Type

The type of policy to create.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Allowed values: SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY | AISERVICES_OPT_OUT_POLICY | BACKUP_POLICY | TAG_POLICY | CHATBOT_POLICY

Update requires: Replacement

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the Id. For example: p-examplepolicyid111.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

The Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function, see Fn::GetAtt.

Arn

Returns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the policy. For example: arn:aws:organizations::111111111111:policy/o-exampleorgid/service_control_policy/p-examplepolicyid111.

AwsManaged

Returns a boolean value that indicates whether the specified policy is an AWS managed policy. If true, then you can attach the policy to roots, OUs, or accounts, but you cannot edit it. For example: true | false.

Id

Returns the unique identifier (ID) of the policy. For example: p-examplepolicyid111.

Examples

Organization Policy Content Specified as a JSON Object

This example illustrates how to specify the organization policy content as a JSON object in AWS::Organizations::Policy. The organization policy is specified inline as a JSON object in the Content property of AWS::Organizations::Policy.

JSON

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "AWS CloudFormation Organizations Template Example",
  "Resources": {
    "PolicyTestTemplate": {
      "DeletionPolicy": "Retain",
      "Type": "AWS::Organizations::Policy",
      "Properties": {
        "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY",
        "Name": "SCPDenyLeaveOrganization",
        "Content": {
          "Version": "2012-10-17",
          "Statement": [
            {
              "Sid": "SCPDenyLeaveOrganization",
              "Effect": "Deny",
              "Action": [
                "organizations:LeaveOrganization"
              ],
              "Resource": "*"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: AWS CloudFormation Organizations Template Example
Resources:
  PolicyTestTemplate:
    DeletionPolicy: Retain
    Type: AWS::Organizations::Policy
    Properties:
      Type: SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY
      Name: SCPDenyLeaveOrganization
      Content:
        Version: 2012-10-17
        Statement:
          - Sid: SCPDenyLeaveOrganization
            Effect: Deny
            Action:
              - 'organizations:LeaveOrganization'
            Resource: '*'

Organization Policy Content Specified as a JSON String

This example illustrates how to specify the organization policy content as a JSON string in AWS::Organizations::Policy. The organization policy is specified inline as a JSON string in the Content property of AWS::Organizations::Policy.

JSON

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "AWS CloudFormation Organizations Template Example",
  "Resources": {
    "PolicyTestTemplate": {
      "DeletionPolicy": "Retain",
      "Type": "AWS::Organizations::Policy",
      "Properties": {
        "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY",
        "Name": "SCPDenyLeaveOrganization",
        "Content": "{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Sid\":\"SCPDenyLeaveOrganization\",\"Effect\":\"Deny\",\"Action\":[\"organizations:LeaveOrganization\"],\"Resource\":\"*\"}]}"
      }
    }
  }
}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: AWS CloudFormation Organizations Template Example
Resources:
  PolicyTestTemplate:
    DeletionPolicy: Retain
    Type: AWS::Organizations::Policy
    Properties:
      Type: SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY
      Name: SCPDenyLeaveOrganization
      Content: >-
        {"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Sid":"SCPDenyLeaveOrganization","Effect":"Deny","Action":["organizations:LeaveOrganization"],"Resource":"*"}]}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: AWS CloudFormation Organizations Template Example
Resources:
  PolicyTestTemplate:
    DeletionPolicy: Retain
    Type: AWS::Organizations::Policy
    Properties:
      Type: SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY
      Name: SCPDenyLeaveOrganization
      Content: >-
        {
          "Version": "2012-10-17",
          "Statement": [
            {
              "Sid": "SCPDenyLeaveOrganization",
              "Effect": "Deny",
              "Action": [
                "organizations:LeaveOrganization"
              ],
              "Resource": "*"
            }
          ]
        }

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