Question

What are inline policies and managed policies?

Answer 1

• Inline Policies: Policies that you create and manage within a single IAM role, user, or group.
• Managed Policies: Standalone policies that you can attach to multiple users, groups, and roles.

Example of creating an inline policy:

Here is an example of creating an inline policy directly attached to a role using the AWS CLI:

aws iam put-role-policy --role-name ExampleRole --policy-name ExamplePolicy --policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "s3:ListBucket",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket"
        }
    ]
}'

Example of creating a managed policy:

Here is an example of creating a managed policy using the AWS CLI:

aws iam create-policy --policy-name ExampleManagedPolicy --policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "s3:ListBucket",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket"
        }
    ]
}'