AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.AttachGroupPolicy Method (AttachGroupPolicyRequest)

Attaches the specified managed policy to the specified IAM group.

You use this operation to attach a managed policy to a group. To embed an inline policy in a group, use PutGroupPolicy.

As a best practice, you can validate your IAM policies. To learn more, see Validating IAM policies in the IAM User Guide.

For more information about policies, see Managed policies and inline policies in the IAM User Guide.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to AttachGroupPolicyAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public virtual AttachGroupPolicyResponse AttachGroupPolicy(
         AttachGroupPolicyRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.AttachGroupPolicyRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the AttachGroupPolicy service method.

Return Value

Type: AttachGroupPolicyResponse

The response from the AttachGroupPolicy service method, as returned by IdentityManagementService.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidInputException	The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter.
LimitExceededException	The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
NoSuchEntityException	The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
PolicyNotAttachableException	The request failed because Amazon Web Services service role policies can only be attached to the service-linked role for that service.
ServiceFailureException	The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

Examples

The following command attaches the AWS managed policy named ReadOnlyAccess to the IAM group named Finance.

To attach a managed policy to an IAM group


var client = new AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient();
var response = client.AttachGroupPolicy(new AttachGroupPolicyRequest 
{
    GroupName = "Finance",
    PolicyArn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ReadOnlyAccess"
});

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5

AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.AttachGroupPolicy (AttachGroupPolicyRequest)

Method