AccessAnalyzer / Client / validate_policy

validate_policy#

AccessAnalyzer.Client.validate_policy(**kwargs)#

Requests the validation of a policy and returns a list of findings. The findings help you identify issues and provide actionable recommendations to resolve the issue and enable you to author functional policies that meet security best practices.

Request Syntax

response = client.validate_policy(
    locale='DE'|'EN'|'ES'|'FR'|'IT'|'JA'|'KO'|'PT_BR'|'ZH_CN'|'ZH_TW',
    maxResults=123,
    nextToken='string',
    policyDocument='string',
    policyType='IDENTITY_POLICY'|'RESOURCE_POLICY'|'SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY',
    validatePolicyResourceType='AWS::S3::Bucket'|'AWS::S3::AccessPoint'|'AWS::S3::MultiRegionAccessPoint'|'AWS::S3ObjectLambda::AccessPoint'|'AWS::IAM::AssumeRolePolicyDocument'|'AWS::DynamoDB::Table'
)

Parameters:

locale (string) – The locale to use for localizing the findings.
maxResults (integer) – The maximum number of results to return in the response.
nextToken (string) – A token used for pagination of results returned.
policyDocument (string) –
[REQUIRED]

The JSON policy document to use as the content for the policy.
policyType (string) –
[REQUIRED]

The type of policy to validate. Identity policies grant permissions to IAM principals. Identity policies include managed and inline policies for IAM roles, users, and groups.

Resource policies grant permissions on Amazon Web Services resources. Resource policies include trust policies for IAM roles and bucket policies for Amazon S3 buckets. You can provide a generic input such as identity policy or resource policy or a specific input such as managed policy or Amazon S3 bucket policy.

Service control policies (SCPs) are a type of organization policy attached to an Amazon Web Services organization, organizational unit (OU), or an account.
validatePolicyResourceType (string) –
The type of resource to attach to your resource policy. Specify a value for the policy validation resource type only if the policy type is RESOURCE_POLICY. For example, to validate a resource policy to attach to an Amazon S3 bucket, you can choose AWS::S3::Bucket for the policy validation resource type.

For resource types not supported as valid values, IAM Access Analyzer runs policy checks that apply to all resource policies. For example, to validate a resource policy to attach to a KMS key, do not specify a value for the policy validation resource type and IAM Access Analyzer will run policy checks that apply to all resource policies.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'findings': [
        {
            'findingDetails': 'string',
            'findingType': 'ERROR'|'SECURITY_WARNING'|'SUGGESTION'|'WARNING',
            'issueCode': 'string',
            'learnMoreLink': 'string',
            'locations': [
                {
                    'path': [
                        {
                            'index': 123,
                            'key': 'string',
                            'substring': {
                                'start': 123,
                                'length': 123
                            },
                            'value': 'string'
                        },
                    ],
                    'span': {
                        'start': {
                            'line': 123,
                            'column': 123,
                            'offset': 123
                        },
                        'end': {
                            'line': 123,
                            'column': 123,
                            'offset': 123
                        }
                    }
                },
            ]
        },
    ],
    'nextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

(dict) –
- findings (list) –
  
  The list of findings in a policy returned by IAM Access Analyzer based on its suite of policy checks.
  - (dict) –
    
    A finding in a policy. Each finding is an actionable recommendation that can be used to improve the policy.
    - findingDetails (string) –
      
      A localized message that explains the finding and provides guidance on how to address it.
    - findingType (string) –
      
      The impact of the finding.
      
      Security warnings report when the policy allows access that we consider overly permissive.
      
      Errors report when a part of the policy is not functional.
      
      Warnings report non-security issues when a policy does not conform to policy writing best practices.
      
      Suggestions recommend stylistic improvements in the policy that do not impact access.
    - issueCode (string) –
      
      The issue code provides an identifier of the issue associated with this finding.
    - learnMoreLink (string) –
      
      A link to additional documentation about the type of finding.
    - locations (list) –
      
      The list of locations in the policy document that are related to the finding. The issue code provides a summary of an issue identified by the finding.
      - (dict) –
        
        A location in a policy that is represented as a path through the JSON representation and a corresponding span.
        
        path (list) –
        
        A path in a policy, represented as a sequence of path elements.
        
        (dict) –
        
        A single element in a path through the JSON representation of a policy.
        
        Note
        This is a Tagged Union structure. Only one of the following top level keys will be set: index, key, substring, value. If a client receives an unknown member it will set SDK_UNKNOWN_MEMBER as the top level key, which maps to the name or tag of the unknown member. The structure of SDK_UNKNOWN_MEMBER is as follows:
        
        'SDK_UNKNOWN_MEMBER': {'name': 'UnknownMemberName'}
        
        index (integer) –
        
        Refers to an index in a JSON array.
        
        key (string) –
        
        Refers to a key in a JSON object.
        
        substring (dict) –
        
        Refers to a substring of a literal string in a JSON object.
        
        start (integer) –
        
        The start index of the substring, starting from 0.
        
        length (integer) –
        
        The length of the substring.
        
        value (string) –
        
        Refers to the value associated with a given key in a JSON object.
        
        span (dict) –
        
        A span in a policy.
        
        start (dict) –
        
        The start position of the span (inclusive).
        
        line (integer) –
        
        The line of the position, starting from 1.
        
        column (integer) –
        
        The column of the position, starting from 0.
        
        offset (integer) –
        
        The offset within the policy that corresponds to the position, starting from 0.
        
        end (dict) –
        
        The end position of the span (exclusive).
        
        line (integer) –
        
        The line of the position, starting from 1.
        
        column (integer) –
        
        The column of the position, starting from 0.
        
        offset (integer) –
        
        The offset within the policy that corresponds to the position, starting from 0.
- nextToken (string) –
  
  A token used for pagination of results returned.

Exceptions

AccessAnalyzer.Client.exceptions.ValidationException
AccessAnalyzer.Client.exceptions.InternalServerException
AccessAnalyzer.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException
AccessAnalyzer.Client.exceptions.AccessDeniedException