| Euca2ools Guide / IAM-Compatible Commands | |
Creates a role.
euare-rolecreate rolename [-p path] (-f filename | -s servicename) [-v] [--as-account account]
| Option | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| rolename | Name of the role with which to associate the policy. This option is exclusive and positional. | Yes |
| -p, --path path | The path to the user. For more information about paths, go to Identifiers for IAM Entities. If you do not enter a value, the value defaults to a slash (/). | No |
| -f filename | Name of the file containing the new role's trust policy. Must be specified if servicename is not present. | No |
| -s, --service servicename | Name of the service to allow access to the role.
Must be specified if filename is not present.
Example:ec2.amazonaws.com |
No |
| -v, --verbose | Display the new role's ARN GUID and policy. | No |
| --as-account account | [Eucalyptus cloud administrator only] Run this command as the administrator of another account. | No |
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| --region=region | Region to direct requests to. |
| -U url,--url=url | Override service URL with this value. |
| --as-account account | This Eucalyptus extension is for use by the system administrator to act as the account administrator of the specified account without changing to account administrator's role. |
| -I access_key_id, --access-key=access_key_id | Override configured access key ID with this value. |
| -S secret_key, --secret-key=secret_key | Override configured secret key with this value. |
| --security-token=token | Security token. |
| -D, --debug | Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools. |
| --debugger | Enable interactive debugger on error. |
| -h,--help | Display the manual page for the command. |
| --version | Display the version of this tool. |
Eucalyptus returns no message unless you requested it using -v. In that case, Eucalyptus outputs new role and policy information.
The following example creates a role, myrole, with Amazon services access to it.
euare-rolecreate myrole -s ec2.amazonaws.com