How do i create an aws iam role?

[petulia3478]

Link to IAM command: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html
Link to list-roles subcommand: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/list-roles.html
Link to get-role: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/get-role.html

First you have to create a policy in a text file. The text file here is called assume_role_policy_document.json

This is actually an example from the AWS website. It was for demo purposes only.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "cloudtrail.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

Create the role with assigned policy. The will be the role json output.

$ aws iam create-role --role-name MyWatchRole --assume-role-policy-document file://assume_role_policy_document.json

To list the role you just created.

$ aws iam get-role --role-name MyWatchRole