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# iam_password_policy – Update an IAM Password Policy

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Module updates an IAM Password Policy on a given AWS account

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- boto

- boto3

- botocore

- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
allow_pw_change boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Allow users to change their password. aliases: allow_password_change
aws_access_key string |  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string |  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string |  | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
min_pw_length integer | Default: 6 | Minimum password length. aliases: minimum_password_length
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
pw_expire boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Prevents users from change an expired password. aliases: password_expire, expire
pw_max_age integer | Default: 0 | Maximum age for a password in days. When this option is 0 then passwords do not expire automatically. aliases: password_max_age
pw_reuse_prevent integer | Default: 0 | Prevent re-use of passwords. aliases: password_reuse_prevent, prevent_reuse
region string |  | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
require_lowercase boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Require lowercase letters in password.
require_numbers boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Require numbers in password.
require_symbols boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Require symbols in password.
require_uppercase boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Require uppercase letters in password.
security_token string |  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state string / required | Choices: present absent | Specifies the overall state of the password policy.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

## Notes

Note

- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence `AWS_URL` or `EC2_URL`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` or `EC2_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` or `EC2_SECRET_KEY`, `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` or `EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN`, `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION`

- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

- `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION` can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

## Examples

    - name: Password policy for AWS account
      iam_password_policy:
        state: present
        min_pw_length: 8
        require_symbols: false
        require_numbers: true
        require_uppercase: true
        require_lowercase: true
        allow_pw_change: true
        pw_max_age: 60
        pw_reuse_prevent: 5
        pw_expire: false

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Aaron Smith (@slapula)

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