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AWS v6.73.0 published on Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 by Pulumi
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aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy

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AWS v6.73.0 published on Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 by Pulumi
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    Note: There is only a single policy allowed per AWS account. An existing policy will be lost when using this resource as an effect of this limitation.

    Manages Password Policy for the AWS Account. See more about Account Password Policy in the official AWS docs.

    Example Usage

    import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";

const strict = new aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("strict", {
    minimumPasswordLength: 8,
    requireLowercaseCharacters: true,
    requireNumbers: true,
    requireUppercaseCharacters: true,
    requireSymbols: true,
    allowUsersToChangePassword: true,
});

    import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

strict = aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("strict",
    minimum_password_length=8,
    require_lowercase_characters=True,
    require_numbers=True,
    require_uppercase_characters=True,
    require_symbols=True,
    allow_users_to_change_password=True)

    package main

import (
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/sdk/v6/go/aws/iam"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		_, err := iam.NewAccountPasswordPolicy(ctx, "strict", &iam.AccountPasswordPolicyArgs{
			MinimumPasswordLength:      pulumi.Int(8),
			RequireLowercaseCharacters: pulumi.Bool(true),
			RequireNumbers:             pulumi.Bool(true),
			RequireUppercaseCharacters: pulumi.Bool(true),
			RequireSymbols:             pulumi.Bool(true),
			AllowUsersToChangePassword: pulumi.Bool(true),
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	})
}

    using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Pulumi;
using Aws = Pulumi.Aws;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() => 
{
    var strict = new Aws.Iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("strict", new()
    {
        MinimumPasswordLength = 8,
        RequireLowercaseCharacters = true,
        RequireNumbers = true,
        RequireUppercaseCharacters = true,
        RequireSymbols = true,
        AllowUsersToChangePassword = true,
    });

});

    package generated_program;

import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy;
import com.pulumi.aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicyArgs;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(App::stack);
    }

    public static void stack(Context ctx) {
        var strict = new AccountPasswordPolicy("strict", AccountPasswordPolicyArgs.builder()
            .minimumPasswordLength(8)
            .requireLowercaseCharacters(true)
            .requireNumbers(true)
            .requireUppercaseCharacters(true)
            .requireSymbols(true)
            .allowUsersToChangePassword(true)
            .build());

    }
}

    resources:
  strict:
    type: aws:iam:AccountPasswordPolicy
    properties:
      minimumPasswordLength: 8
      requireLowercaseCharacters: true
      requireNumbers: true
      requireUppercaseCharacters: true
      requireSymbols: true
      allowUsersToChangePassword: true

    Create AccountPasswordPolicy Resource

    Resources are created with functions called constructors. To learn more about declaring and configuring resources, see Resources.

    Constructor syntax

    new AccountPasswordPolicy(name: string, args?: AccountPasswordPolicyArgs, opts?: CustomResourceOptions);
    @overload
def AccountPasswordPolicy(resource_name: str,
                          args: Optional[AccountPasswordPolicyArgs] = None,
                          opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None)

@overload
def AccountPasswordPolicy(resource_name: str,
                          opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
                          allow_users_to_change_password: Optional[bool] = None,
                          hard_expiry: Optional[bool] = None,
                          max_password_age: Optional[int] = None,
                          minimum_password_length: Optional[int] = None,
                          password_reuse_prevention: Optional[int] = None,
                          require_lowercase_characters: Optional[bool] = None,
                          require_numbers: Optional[bool] = None,
                          require_symbols: Optional[bool] = None,
                          require_uppercase_characters: Optional[bool] = None)
    func NewAccountPasswordPolicy(ctx *Context, name string, args *AccountPasswordPolicyArgs, opts ...ResourceOption) (*AccountPasswordPolicy, error)
    public AccountPasswordPolicy(string name, AccountPasswordPolicyArgs? args = null, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public AccountPasswordPolicy(String name, AccountPasswordPolicyArgs args)
public AccountPasswordPolicy(String name, AccountPasswordPolicyArgs args, CustomResourceOptions options)

    type: aws:iam:AccountPasswordPolicy
properties: # The arguments to resource properties.
options: # Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

    Parameters

    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args AccountPasswordPolicyArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    resource_name str
    The unique name of the resource.
    args AccountPasswordPolicyArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    ctx Context
    Context object for the current deployment.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args AccountPasswordPolicyArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOption
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args AccountPasswordPolicyArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name String
    The unique name of the resource.
    args AccountPasswordPolicyArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    options CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

    Constructor example

    The following reference example uses placeholder values for all input properties.

    var accountPasswordPolicyResource = new Aws.Iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("accountPasswordPolicyResource", new()
{
    AllowUsersToChangePassword = false,
    HardExpiry = false,
    MaxPasswordAge = 0,
    MinimumPasswordLength = 0,
    PasswordReusePrevention = 0,
    RequireLowercaseCharacters = false,
    RequireNumbers = false,
    RequireSymbols = false,
    RequireUppercaseCharacters = false,
});

    example, err := iam.NewAccountPasswordPolicy(ctx, "accountPasswordPolicyResource", &iam.AccountPasswordPolicyArgs{
	AllowUsersToChangePassword: pulumi.Bool(false),
	HardExpiry:                 pulumi.Bool(false),
	MaxPasswordAge:             pulumi.Int(0),
	MinimumPasswordLength:      pulumi.Int(0),
	PasswordReusePrevention:    pulumi.Int(0),
	RequireLowercaseCharacters: pulumi.Bool(false),
	RequireNumbers:             pulumi.Bool(false),
	RequireSymbols:             pulumi.Bool(false),
	RequireUppercaseCharacters: pulumi.Bool(false),
})

    var accountPasswordPolicyResource = new AccountPasswordPolicy("accountPasswordPolicyResource", AccountPasswordPolicyArgs.builder()
    .allowUsersToChangePassword(false)
    .hardExpiry(false)
    .maxPasswordAge(0)
    .minimumPasswordLength(0)
    .passwordReusePrevention(0)
    .requireLowercaseCharacters(false)
    .requireNumbers(false)
    .requireSymbols(false)
    .requireUppercaseCharacters(false)
    .build());

    account_password_policy_resource = aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("accountPasswordPolicyResource",
    allow_users_to_change_password=False,
    hard_expiry=False,
    max_password_age=0,
    minimum_password_length=0,
    password_reuse_prevention=0,
    require_lowercase_characters=False,
    require_numbers=False,
    require_symbols=False,
    require_uppercase_characters=False)

    const accountPasswordPolicyResource = new aws.iam.AccountPasswordPolicy("accountPasswordPolicyResource", {
    allowUsersToChangePassword: false,
    hardExpiry: false,
    maxPasswordAge: 0,
    minimumPasswordLength: 0,
    passwordReusePrevention: 0,
    requireLowercaseCharacters: false,
    requireNumbers: false,
    requireSymbols: false,
    requireUppercaseCharacters: false,
});

    type: aws:iam:AccountPasswordPolicy
properties:
    allowUsersToChangePassword: false
    hardExpiry: false
    maxPasswordAge: 0
    minimumPasswordLength: 0
    passwordReusePrevention: 0
    requireLowercaseCharacters: false
    requireNumbers: false
    requireSymbols: false
    requireUppercaseCharacters: false

    AccountPasswordPolicy Resource Properties

    To learn more about resource properties and how to use them, see Inputs and Outputs in the Architecture and Concepts docs.

    Inputs

    In Python, inputs that are objects can be passed either as argument classes or as dictionary literals.

    The AccountPasswordPolicy resource accepts the following input properties:

    AllowUsersToChangePassword bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    HardExpiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    MaxPasswordAge int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    MinimumPasswordLength int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    PasswordReusePrevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    RequireLowercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    RequireNumbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    RequireSymbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    RequireUppercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    AllowUsersToChangePassword bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    HardExpiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    MaxPasswordAge int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    MinimumPasswordLength int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    PasswordReusePrevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    RequireLowercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    RequireNumbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    RequireSymbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    RequireUppercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword Boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    hardExpiry Boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge Integer
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength Integer
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention Integer
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers Boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols Boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    hardExpiry boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge number
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength number
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention number
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allow_users_to_change_password bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    hard_expiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    max_password_age int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimum_password_length int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    password_reuse_prevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    require_lowercase_characters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    require_numbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    require_symbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    require_uppercase_characters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword Boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    hardExpiry Boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge Number
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength Number
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention Number
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers Boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols Boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.

    Outputs

    All input properties are implicitly available as output properties. Additionally, the AccountPasswordPolicy resource produces the following output properties:

    ExpirePasswords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    ExpirePasswords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    expirePasswords Boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    expirePasswords boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    expire_passwords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    id str
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    expirePasswords Boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.

    Look up Existing AccountPasswordPolicy Resource

    Get an existing AccountPasswordPolicy resource’s state with the given name, ID, and optional extra properties used to qualify the lookup.

    public static get(name: string, id: Input<ID>, state?: AccountPasswordPolicyState, opts?: CustomResourceOptions): AccountPasswordPolicy
    @staticmethod
def get(resource_name: str,
        id: str,
        opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
        allow_users_to_change_password: Optional[bool] = None,
        expire_passwords: Optional[bool] = None,
        hard_expiry: Optional[bool] = None,
        max_password_age: Optional[int] = None,
        minimum_password_length: Optional[int] = None,
        password_reuse_prevention: Optional[int] = None,
        require_lowercase_characters: Optional[bool] = None,
        require_numbers: Optional[bool] = None,
        require_symbols: Optional[bool] = None,
        require_uppercase_characters: Optional[bool] = None) -> AccountPasswordPolicy
    func GetAccountPasswordPolicy(ctx *Context, name string, id IDInput, state *AccountPasswordPolicyState, opts ...ResourceOption) (*AccountPasswordPolicy, error)
    public static AccountPasswordPolicy Get(string name, Input<string> id, AccountPasswordPolicyState? state, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public static AccountPasswordPolicy get(String name, Output<String> id, AccountPasswordPolicyState state, CustomResourceOptions options)
    resources:  _:    type: aws:iam:AccountPasswordPolicy    get:      id: ${id}
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    resource_name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    The following state arguments are supported:
    AllowUsersToChangePassword bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    ExpirePasswords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    HardExpiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    MaxPasswordAge int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    MinimumPasswordLength int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    PasswordReusePrevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    RequireLowercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    RequireNumbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    RequireSymbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    RequireUppercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    AllowUsersToChangePassword bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    ExpirePasswords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    HardExpiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    MaxPasswordAge int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    MinimumPasswordLength int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    PasswordReusePrevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    RequireLowercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    RequireNumbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    RequireSymbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    RequireUppercaseCharacters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword Boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    expirePasswords Boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    hardExpiry Boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge Integer
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength Integer
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention Integer
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers Boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols Boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    expirePasswords boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    hardExpiry boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge number
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength number
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention number
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allow_users_to_change_password bool
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    expire_passwords bool
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    hard_expiry bool
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    max_password_age int
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimum_password_length int
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    password_reuse_prevention int
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    require_lowercase_characters bool
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    require_numbers bool
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    require_symbols bool
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    require_uppercase_characters bool
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.
    allowUsersToChangePassword Boolean
    Whether to allow users to change their own password
    expirePasswords Boolean
    Indicates whether passwords in the account expire. Returns true if max_password_age contains a value greater than 0. Returns false if it is 0 or not present.
    hardExpiry Boolean
    Whether users are prevented from setting a new password after their password has expired (i.e., require administrator reset)
    maxPasswordAge Number
    The number of days that an user password is valid.
    minimumPasswordLength Number
    Minimum length to require for user passwords.
    passwordReusePrevention Number
    The number of previous passwords that users are prevented from reusing.
    requireLowercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require lowercase characters for user passwords.
    requireNumbers Boolean
    Whether to require numbers for user passwords.
    requireSymbols Boolean
    Whether to require symbols for user passwords.
    requireUppercaseCharacters Boolean
    Whether to require uppercase characters for user passwords.

    Import

    Using pulumi import, import IAM Account Password Policy using the word iam-account-password-policy. For example:

    $ pulumi import aws:iam/accountPasswordPolicy:AccountPasswordPolicy strict iam-account-password-policy

    To learn more about importing existing cloud resources, see Importing resources.

    Package Details

    Repository
    AWS Classic pulumi/pulumi-aws
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Notes
    This Pulumi package is based on the aws Terraform Provider.
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    AWS v6.73.0 published on Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 by Pulumi
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