Creating a Custom Policy for Agencies

Function

This API is provided for the administrator to create a custom policy for agencies.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints.

URI

POST /v3.0/OS-ROLE/roles

Request Parameters

**Table 1** Parameters in the request header
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Content-Type	Yes	String	Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Token with Security Administrator permissions.

**Table 2** Parameters in the request body
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
role	Yes	Object	Custom policy information.

**Table 3** role
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
display_name	Yes	String	Display name of the custom policy.
type	Yes	String	Display mode. NOTE: AX: Account level. XA: Project level. The display mode of a custom policy can only be AX or XA. A custom policy must be displayed at either of the two levels.
description	Yes	String	Description of the custom policy.
description_cn	No	String	Description of the custom policy.
policy	Yes	Object	Content of custom policy.

**Table 4** role.policy
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Version	Yes	String	Policy version. When creating a custom policy, set this parameter to 1.1. NOTE: 1.0: System-defined role. Only a limited number of service-level roles are provided for authorization. 1.1: Policy. A policy defines the permissions required to perform operations on a specific cloud resource under certain conditions.
Statement	Yes	Array of objects	Statement of the policy. A policy can contain a maximum of eight statements.

**Table 5** role.policy.Statement
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Action	Yes	Array of strings	An action item is a specific operation permission on a resource. NOTE: For a custom policy for agencies, this parameter should be set to "Action": ["iam:agencies:assume"]. Options: iam:agencies:assume
Effect	Yes	String	Effect of the permission. The value can be Allow or Deny. If both Allow and Deny statements are found in a policy, the authentication starts from the Deny statements. Options: Allow Deny
Resource	No	Object	Resources to be managed. After an account establishes multiple trust relationships between itself and your account, you can authorize IAM users in different user groups to manage resources of the delegating party. Each IAM user can only switch to the delegated agencies. For example: "Resource": {"uri": ["/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"]}

**Table 6** role.policy.Statement.Resource
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
uri	Yes	Array of strings	URI of a delegated resource, which can contain a maximum of 128 characters. Format: /iam/agencies/delegation ID. For example: "uri": ["/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"]

Response Parameters

**Table 7** Parameters in the response body
Parameter	Type	Description
role	Object	Custom policy information.

**Table 8** role
Parameter	Type	Description
catalog	String	Service catalog.
display_name	String	Display name of the custom policy.
description	String	Description of the custom policy.
links	Object	Resource link of the custom policy.
policy	Object	Content of custom policy.
description_cn	String	Description of the custom policy.
domain_id	String	Domain ID.
type	String	Display mode. NOTE: AX: Account level. XA: Project level. The display mode of a custom policy can only be AX or XA. A custom policy must be displayed at either of the two levels.
id	String	Policy ID.
name	String	Name of the custom policy.
updated_time	String	Time when the custom policy was last updated.
created_time	String	Time when the custom policy was created.
references	String	Number of references.

**Table 9** role.links
Parameter	Type	Description
self	String	Resource link.

**Table 10** role.policy
Parameter	Type	Description
Version	String	Policy version. NOTE: 1.0: System-defined role. Only a limited number of service-level roles are provided for authorization. 1.1: Policy. A policy defines the permissions required to perform operations on a specific cloud resource under certain conditions.
Statement	Array of objects	Statement of the policy. A policy can contain a maximum of eight statements.

**Table 11** role.policy.Statement
Parameter	Type	Description
Action	Array of strings	An action item is a specific operation permission on a resource. NOTE: For a custom policy for agencies, this parameter should be set to "Action": ["iam:agencies:assume"].
Effect	String	Effect of the permission. The value can be Allow or Deny. If both Allow and Deny statements are found in a policy, the authentication starts from the Deny statements. Options: Allow Deny
Resource	Object	Resources to be managed. After an account establishes multiple trust relationships between itself and your account, you can authorize IAM users in different user groups to manage resources of the delegating party. Each IAM user can only switch to the delegated agencies. For example: "Resource": {"uri": ["/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"]}

**Table 12** role.policy.Statement.Resource
Parameter	Type	Description
uri	Array of strings	URI of a delegated resource, which can contain a maximum of 128 characters. Format: /iam/agencies/delegation ID. For example: "uri": ["/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"]

Example Request

POST https://sample.domain.com/v3.0/OS-ROLE/roles

{
    "role": {
        "display_name": "IAMAgencyPolicy",
        "type": "AX",
        "description": "IAMDescription",
        "description_cn": "Policy description",
        "policy": {
            "Version": "1.1",
            "Statement": [
                {
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": [
                        "iam:agencies:assume"
                    ],
                    "Resource": {
                        "uri": [
                            "/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

Example Response

Status code: 201

The request is successful.

{
    "role": {
        "catalog": "CUSTOMED",
        "display_name": "IAMAgencyPolicy",
        "description": "IAMDescription",
        "links": {
            "self": "https://sample.domain.com/v3/roles/f67224e84dc849ab954ce29fb4f47f8e"
        },
        "policy": {
            "Version": "1.1",
            "Statement": [
                {
                    "Action": [
                        "iam:agencies:assume"
                    ],
                    "Resource": {
                        "uri": [
                            "/iam/agencies/07805acaba800fdd4fbdc00b8f888c7c"
                        ]
                    },
                    "Effect": "Allow"
                }
            ]
        },
        "description_cn": "Policy description",
        "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd02...",
        "type": "AX",
        "id": "f67224e84dc849ab954ce29fb4f47f8e",
        "name": "custom_d78cbac186b744899480f25bd022f468_0"
    }
}