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aws-iam-generator
Python2019–2019
awslabs / aws-iam-generator

aws-iam-generator

Generate Multi-Account IAM users/groups/roles/policies from a simple YAML configuration file and Jinja2 templates.

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Generate Multi-Account IAM users/groups/roles/policies from a simple YAML configuration file and Jinja2 templates.

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Thanks! aws-iam-generator still requires you to write the actual policy templates from scratch, and then they allow you to re-use those policy templates. Consider the JSON under this area of their README: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-iam-generator#managed-policie... It's essentially a method for managing their policies as code - but it doesn't make those policies restricted to certain resources, unless you configure it that way. Using `policy_sentry --write-policy --crud`, you have to supply a file with resource ARNs, and it will write the policy for you, rather than supplying a policy file, and hoping the ARNs fit that use case. Does that make sense?
In Show HN: Policy_sentry, an AWS IAM Least Privilege Policy Generator

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