Use ListPolicyVersions with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use ListPolicyVersions with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use ListPolicyVersions.

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CLI
AWS CLI

To list information about the versions of the specified managed policy

This example returns the list of available versions of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy.

aws iam list-policy-versions \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy

Output:

{
    "IsTruncated": false,
    "Versions": [
        {
        "VersionId": "v2",
        "IsDefaultVersion": true,
        "CreateDate": "2015-06-02T23:19:44Z"
        },
        {
        "VersionId": "v1",
        "IsDefaultVersion": false,
        "CreateDate": "2015-06-02T22:30:47Z"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example returns the list of available versions of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy. To get the policy document for a specific version, use the Get-IAMPolicyVersion command and specify the VersionId of the one you want.

Get-IAMPolicyVersionList -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy

Output:

CreateDate                   Document                 IsDefaultVersion                  VersionId
----------                   --------                 ----------------                  ---------
2/12/2015 9:39:53 AM                                  True                              v2
2/12/2015 9:39:09 AM                                  False                             v1

  • For API details, see ListPolicyVersions in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example returns the list of available versions of the policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy. To get the policy document for a specific version, use the Get-IAMPolicyVersion command and specify the VersionId of the one you want.

Get-IAMPolicyVersionList -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy

Output:

CreateDate                   Document                 IsDefaultVersion                  VersionId
----------                   --------                 ----------------                  ---------
2/12/2015 9:39:53 AM                                  True                              v2
2/12/2015 9:39:09 AM                                  False                             v1

  • For API details, see ListPolicyVersions in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).