IAM Role Detail

This page allows you to view, delete, and edit the details of an IAM role, such as defining who can assume the role and when, and set permissions on the role.

Actions menu

Clicking the gear icon from the Actions menu allows you to delete the role.

Delete a role

To delete role:
  1. Click the Actions menu and select Delete role.
  2. When the confirmation dialog box displays, click the Yes, Delete Role button to confirm the deletion. Otherwise, close the confirmation dialog box to cancel.

Edit the trust relationships

Trust relationships define what type of role it is, who can use it (for service or cross-account access). To edit a policy associated with a trust relationship:
  1. Click the Edit Trust Policy button to open a free-form text editor window in order to edit each policy defined. For more information, go to IAM Identifiers.
  2. Click the Save Changes button to save your work, or close the text editor window to cancel.

Add role policies

An IAM access policy allows you to explicitly define permissions for what each role can access.

To add a policy to a role:
Click on the Add Policy button to bring up the Add access policy for your role page.
The Add access policy page allows you to add new or edit existing access policies for your role. Refer to its context help for details on completing that operation.

Delete a role policy

An IAM access policy allows you to explicitly define permissions for what each role can access.

To delete a policy from a role:
  1. Click on the Remove policy icon (a minus sign in a circle) next to a policy to delete that policy.
  2. When the confirmation dialog box displays, click the Yes, Delete button to confirm the deletion. Otherwise, close the confirmation dialog box to cancel.

View/edit a policy

An IAM access policy allows you to explicitly define permissions for what each role can access.

To view or edit a role policy:
  1. Click on the View/Edit policy icon (a pencil) next to a policy to view or edit the text of that policy.
  2. When done, click the Save Changes button to save your work, or close the text editor window to cancel.
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