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aws iot attach-policy

Attaches the specified policy to the specified principal (certificate or other credential). AWS CLI reference

2 examples 2 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

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Examples

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Example 1: To attach a policy to a thing group

The following attach-policy example attaches the specified policy to a thing group identified by its ARN.

aws iot attach-policy --target "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thinggroup/LightBulbs" --policy-name "UpdateDeviceCertPolicy"Identify
--targetThe identity to which the policy is attached.
--policy-nameThe name of the policy to attach.

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Thing Groups in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Example 2: To attach a policy to a certificate

The following attach-policy example attaches the policy UpdateDeviceCertPolicy to the principal specified by a certificate.

aws iot attach-policy --policy-name UpdateDeviceCertPolicy --target "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:cert/4f0ba725787aa94d67d2fca420eca022242532e8b3c58e7465c7778b443fd65e"Identify
--policy-nameThe name of the policy to attach.
--targetThe identity to which the policy is attached.

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Attach an AWS IoT Policy to a Device Certificate in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Options

2 in the AWS CLI reference
--policy-nameThe name of the policy to attach.
--targetThe identity to which the policy is attached.