Attaching organization policies with AWS Organizations

This topic describes how to attach policies with AWS Organizations. A policy defines the controls that you want to apply to a group of AWS accounts.

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Attach policies with AWS Organizations

Attach policies with AWS Organizations

Minimum permissions

To attach policies, you must have permission to run the following action:

organizations:AttachPolicy

Minimum permissions

To attach an authorization policy (SCP or RCP) to a root, OU, or account, you need permission to run the following action:

organizations:AttachPolicy with a Resource element in the same policy statement that includes "*" or the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the specified policy and the ARN of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to

Service control policies (SCPs)

You can attach an SCP by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach an SCP by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the check box next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach an SCP to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for Service control policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached SCPs on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately, affecting the permissions of IAM users and roles in the attached account or all accounts under the attached root or OU.

To attach an SCP by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the Service control policies page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached SCPs on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately, affecting the permissions of IAM users and roles in the attached account or all accounts under the attached root or OU.

Resource control policies (RCPs)

You can attach an RCP by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach an RCP by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the check box next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach an RCP to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for Resource control policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached RCPs on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately, affecting the permissions of resources in the attached account or all accounts under the attached root or OU.

To attach an RCP by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the Resource control policy page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached RCPs on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately, affecting the permissions of resources in the attached account or all accounts under the attached root or OU.

Backup policies

You can attach a backup policy by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach a backup policy by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the name of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach a policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for Backup policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached backup policies on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

To attach a backup policy by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the Backup policies page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached backup policies on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

Tag policies

You can attach a tag policy by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach a tag policy by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the name of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach a policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for Tag policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached tag policies on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

To attach a tag policy by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the Tag policies page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached tag policies on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

Chatbot policies

You can attach a chatbot policy by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach a chatbot policy by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the name of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach a policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for Chatbot policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached chatbot policies on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

To attach a chatbot policy by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the Chatbot policies page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached chatbot policies on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

AI services opt-out policies

You can attach an AI services opt-out policy by either navigating to the policy or to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to.

To attach an AI services opt-out policy by navigating to the root, OU, or account

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AWS accounts page, navigate to and then choose the name of the root, OU, or account that you want to attach a policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
In the Policies tab, in the entry for AI service opt-out policies, choose Attach.
Find the policy that you want and choose Attach policy.

The list of attached AI services opt-out policies on the Policies tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

To attach an AI services opt-out policy by navigating to the policy

Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.
On the AI services opt-out policies page, choose the name of the policy that you want to attach.
On the Targets tab, choose Attach.
Choose the radio button next to the root, OU, or account that you want to attach the policy to. You might have to expand OUs (choose the ) to find the OU or account that you want.
Choose Attach policy.

The list of attached AI services opt-out policies on the Targets tab is updated to include the new addition. The policy change takes effect immediately.

To attach a policy

The following code examples show how to use AttachPolicy.

.NET

AWS SDK for .NET

Note

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


    using System;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Amazon.Organizations;
    using Amazon.Organizations.Model;

    /// <summary>
    /// Shows how to attach an AWS Organizations policy to an organization,
    /// an organizational unit, or an account.
    /// </summary>
    public class AttachPolicy
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the Organizations client object and then calls the
        /// AttachPolicyAsync method to attach the policy to the root
        /// organization.
        /// </summary>
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient();
            var policyId = "p-00000000";
            var targetId = "r-0000";

            var request = new AttachPolicyRequest
            {
                PolicyId = policyId,
                TargetId = targetId,
            };

            var response = await client.AttachPolicyAsync(request);

            if (response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Successfully attached Policy ID {policyId} to Target ID: {targetId}.");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Was not successful in attaching the policy.");
            }
        }
    }

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

CLI

AWS CLI

To attach a policy to a root, OU, or account

Example 1

The following example shows how to attach a service control policy (SCP) to an OU:


aws organizations attach-policy
                --policy-id p-examplepolicyid111
                --target-id ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111

Example 2

The following example shows how to attach a service control policy directly to an account:


aws organizations attach-policy
                --policy-id p-examplepolicyid111
                --target-id 333333333333

For API details, see AttachPolicy in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Python

SDK for Python (Boto3)

Note

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


def attach_policy(policy_id, target_id, orgs_client):
    """
    Attaches a policy to a target. The target is an organization root, account, or
    organizational unit.

    :param policy_id: The ID of the policy to attach.
    :param target_id: The ID of the resources to attach the policy to.
    :param orgs_client: The Boto3 Organizations client.
    """
    try:
        orgs_client.attach_policy(PolicyId=policy_id, TargetId=target_id)
        logger.info("Attached policy %s to target %s.", policy_id, target_id)
    except ClientError:
        logger.exception(
            "Couldn't attach policy %s to target %s.", policy_id, target_id
        )
        raise

For API details, see AttachPolicy in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

The policy change takes effect immediately, affecting the permissions of IAM users and roles in the attached account or all accounts under the attached root or OU

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