awsextract-iam
Extracts the IAM role configuration information from an existing AWS account and formats for use in a CloudFormation template.
usage
npx awsextract-iam -r your-role-name
This command will locate the IAM role of the name your-role-name and dump out a CloudFormation template compatible resource segemnt.
options
| option | description |
|---|---|
-r or --role-name |
[required] The name (nor arn) of the role to extract. |
-j |
Outputs a JSON segment. |
-y |
[default] Outputs a YAML segment. |
-n |
[default false] Name the resource. If specified, the RoleName property is included in the output.) |
*Note that you may specify j and y to output both formats if you wish.
- Auto Name - If you specify the
-nflag the RoleName will be included in the resource output. By default we allow CloudFormation to name the role for you. If you are deploying a CloudFormation template to AWS and you specify a named role you will have to use the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM in order to create the stack. Otherwise you will just need the CAPABILITY_IAM.