Organizations

IAM provides system-defined identity policies to define common actions supported by cloud services. You can also create custom identity policies using the actions supported by cloud services for more refined access control.

In addition to IAM, the Organizations service also provides Service Control Policies (SCPs) to set access control policies.

SCPs do not actually grant any permissions to an entity. They only set the permissions boundary for the entity. When SCPs are attached to an organizational unit (OU) or a member account, the SCPs do not directly grant permissions to that OU or member account. Instead, the SCPs only determine what permissions are available for that member account or those member accounts under that OU. The granted permissions can be applied only if they are allowed by the SCPs.

To learn more about how IAM is different from Organizations for access control, see How IAM Is Different from Organizations for Access Control?.

This section describes the elements used by IAM custom identity policies and Organizations SCPs. The elements include actions, resources, and conditions.

For details about how to use these elements to edit an IAM custom identity policy, see Creating a Custom Identity Policy.
For details about how to use these elements to edit a custom SCP, see Creating an SCP.

Actions

Actions are specific operations that are allowed or denied in an identity policy.

The Access Level column describes how the action is classified (List, Read, or Write). This classification helps you understand the level of access that an action grants when you use it in an identity policy.
The Resource Type column indicates whether the action supports resource-level permissions.
- You can use a wildcard (*) to indicate all resource types. If this column is empty (-), the action does not support resource-level permissions and you must specify all resources ("*") in your identity policy statements.
- If this column includes a resource type, you must specify the URN in the Resource element of your identity policy statements.
- Required resources are marked with asterisks (*) in the table. If you specify a resource in a statement using this action, then it must be of this type.
For details about the resource types defined by Organizations, see Resources.
The Condition Key column contains keys that you can specify in the Condition element of an identity policy statement.
- If the Resource Type column has values for an action, the condition key takes effect only for the listed resource types.
- If the Resource Type column is empty (-) for an action, the condition key takes effect for all resources that action supports.
- If the Condition Key column is empty (-) for an action, the action does not support any condition keys.
For details about the condition keys defined by Organizations, see Conditions.
The Alias column lists the policy actions that are configured in identity policies. With these actions, you can use APIs for policy-based authorization. For details, see Policies and Identity Policies.

The following table lists the actions that you can define in identity policy statements for Organizations.

**Table 1** Actions supported by Organizations
Action	Description	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias
organizations:organizations:create	Grants permission to create an organization.	Write	-	-	-
organizations:organizations:get	Grants permission to show information about the organization.	Read	-	-	-
organizations:organizations:delete	Grants permission to delete the organization.	Write	-	-	-
organizations:organizations:leave	Grants permission to leave the current organization.	Write	-	-	-
organizations:roots:list	Grants permission to list roots of the organization.	List	-	-	-
organizations:ous:create	Grants permission to create an organizational unit.	Write	ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys
organizations:ous:list	Grants permission to list organizational units.	List	-	-	-
organizations:ous:get	Grants permission to show information about the organizational unit.	Read	ou *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:ous:update	Grants permission to update the name of the organizational unit.	Write	ou *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:ous:delete	Grants permission to delete the organizational unit.	Write	ou *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:accounts:create	Grants permission to create an account.	Write	-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys	-
organizations:accounts:list	Grants permission to list accounts.	List	-	-	-
organizations:accounts:get	Grants permission to show information about an account.	Read	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:accounts:remove	Grants permission to remove the specified account.	Write	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:accounts:move	Grants permission to move an account.	Write	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:accounts:invite	Grants permission to invite an account to the organization.	Write	-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys	-
organizations:createAccountStatuses:list	Grants permission to list create account statuses.	List	-	-	-
organizations:createAccountStatuses:get	Grants permission to show information about the create account status.	Read	-	-	-
organizations:handshakes:get	Grants permission to show information about the handshake.	Read	handshake *	-	-
organizations:handshakes:accept	Grants permission to accept the handshake.	Write	handshake *	-	-
organizations:handshakes:decline	Grants permission to decline the handshake.	Write	handshake *	-	-
organizations:handshakes:cancel	Grants permission to cancel the handshake.	Write	handshake *	-	-
organizations:receivedHandshakes:list	Grants permission to list received handshakes.	List	-	-	-
organizations:handshakes:list	Grants permission to list handshakes.	List	-	-	-
organizations:trustedServices:enable	Grants permission to enable a trusted service.	Write	-	organizations:ServicePrincipal	-
organizations:trustedServices:disable	Grants permission to disable a trusted service.	Write	-	organizations:ServicePrincipal	-
organizations:trustedServices:list	Grants permission to list trusted services for the organization.	List	-	-	-
organizations:delegatedAdministrators:register	Grants permission to register a delegated administrator for a service.	Write	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:delegatedAdministrators:register		Write	-	organizations:ServicePrincipal	-
organizations:delegatedAdministrators:deregister	Grants permission to deregister a delegated administrator of a service.	Write	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:delegatedAdministrators:deregister		Write	-	organizations:ServicePrincipal	-
organizations:delegatedServices:list	Grants permission to list services for which the specified account is a delegated administrator.	List	account *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:delegatedAdministrators:list	Grants permission to list the accounts that are designated as delegated administrators in this organization.	List	-	organizations:ServicePrincipal	-
organizations:policies:create	Grants permission to create a policy.	Write	-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys	-
organizations:policies:list	Grants permission to list policies.	List	-	-	-
organizations:policies:get	Grants permission to show information about the policy.	Read	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:policies:update	Grants permission to update the policy.	Write	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:policies:delete	Grants permission to delete the policy.	Write	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:policies:enable	Grants permission to enable a policy type in a root.	Write	root *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:policies:disable	Grants permission to disable a policy type in a root.	Write	root *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:policies:attach	Grants permission to attach a policy to an entity.	Write	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			account	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
organizations:policies:detach	Grants permission to detach a policy from an entity.	Write	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			account	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
organizations:attachedEntities:list	Grants permission to list all the entities that the specified policy is attached to.	List	policy *	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
organizations:tags:list	Grants permission to list tags that are attached to the specified resource.	List	account	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			policy	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
organizations:resources:tag	Grants permission to add tags to the specified resource.	Tagging	account	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			policy	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys
organizations:resources:untag	Grants permission to remove any tags with the specified keys from the specified resource.	Tagging	account	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-
			ou	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			root	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			policy	g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
			-	g:RequestTag/<tag-key> g:TagKeys
organizations:entities:list	Grants permission to list roots, organizational units and accounts in the organization.	List	-	-	-
organizations:services:list	Grants permission to list all services that could integrate with Organizations Service.	List	-	-	-
organizations:tagPolicyServices:list	Grants permission to lists resource types added to tag policy enforcement.	List	-	-	-
organizations:effectivePolicies:get	Grants permission to show effective policies for specified policy type and account.	Read	-	-	-
organizations:resources:listByTag	Grants permission to list all resource types and tag information query instances.	List	-	-	-
organizations:resources:countByTag	Grants permission to list resource types and tag information and query the number of instances.	List	-	-	-
organizations:resources:list	Grants permission to list item labels.	List	-	-	-
organizations:quotas:list	Grants permission to list quotas of organization.	List	-	-	-

Each API of Organizations usually supports one or more actions. Table 2 lists the supported actions and dependencies.

**Table 2** Actions and dependencies supported by Organizations APIs
API	Action	Dependencies
POST /v1/organizations	organizations:organizations:create	iam:agencies:createServiceLinkedAgency
GET /v1/organizations	organizations:organizations:get	-
DELETE /v1/organizations	organizations:organizations:delete	-
POST /v1/organizations/leave	organizations:organizations:leave	-
GET /v1/organizations/roots	organizations:roots:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/organizational-units	organizations:ous:create	organizations:resources:tag
GET /v1/organizations/organizational-units	organizations:ous:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/organizational-units/{organizational_unit_id}	organizations:ous:get	-
PATCH /v1/organizations/organizational-units/{organizational_unit_id}	organizations:ous:update	-
DELETE /v1/organizations/organizational-units/{organizational_unit_id}	organizations:ous:delete	-
POST /v1/organizations/accounts	organizations:accounts:create	organizations:resources:tag
GET /v1/organizations/accounts	organizations:accounts:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}	organizations:accounts:get	-
POST /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}/remove	organizations:accounts:remove	-
POST /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}/move	organizations:accounts:move	-
PATCH /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}	organizations:accounts:update	-
POST /v1/organizations/accounts/invite	organizations:accounts:invite	organizations:resources:tag
GET /v1/organizations/create-account-status	organizations:createAccountStatuses:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}/close	organizations:accounts:close	-
GET /v1/organizations/close-account-status	organizations:closeAccountStatuses:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/create-account-status/{create_account_status_id}	organizations:createAccountStatuses:get	-
GET /v1/organizations/handshakes/{handshake_id}	organizations:handshakes:get	-
POST /v1/received-handshakes/{handshake_id}/accept	organizations:handshakes:accept	iam:agencies:createServiceLinkedAgency
POST /v1/received-handshakes/{handshake_id}/decline	organizations:handshakes:decline	-
POST /v1/organizations/handshakes/{handshake_id}/cancel	organizations:handshakes:cancel	-
GET /v1/received-handshakes	organizations:receivedHandshakes:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/handshakes	organizations:handshakes:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/trusted-services/enable	organizations:trustedServices:enable	-
POST /v1/organizations/trusted-services/disable	organizations:trustedServices:disable	-
GET /v1/organizations/trusted-services	organizations:trustedServices:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/delegated-administrators/register	organizations:delegatedAdministrators:register	-
POST /v1/organizations/delegated-administrators/deregister	organizations:delegatedAdministrators:deregister	-
GET /v1/organizations/accounts/{account_id}/delegated-services	organizations:delegatedServices:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/delegated-administrators	organizations:delegatedAdministrators:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/policies	organizations:policies:create	organizations:resources:tag
GET /v1/organizations/policies	organizations:policies:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}	organizations:policies:get	-
PATCH /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}	organizations:policies:update	-
DELETE /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}	organizations:policies:delete	-
POST /v1/organizations/policies/enable	organizations:policies:enable	-
POST /v1/organizations/policies/disable	organizations:policies:disable	-
POST /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}/attach	organizations:policies:attach	-
POST /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}/detach	organizations:policies:detach	-
GET /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}/attached-entities	organizations:attachedEntities:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/resources/{resource_id}/tags	organizations:tags:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/resources/{resource_id}/tag	organizations:resources:tag	-
POST /v1/organizations/resources/{resource_id}/untag	organizations:resources:untag	-
GET /v1/organizations/entities	organizations:entities:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/services	organizations:services:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/tag-policy-services	organizations:tagPolicyServices:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/entities/effective-policies	organizations:effectivePolicies:get	-
GET /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/{resource_id}/tags	organizations:tags:list	-
POST /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/{resource_id}/tags/create	organizations:resources:tag	-
POST /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/{resource_id}/tags/delete	organizations:resources:untag	-
POST /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/resource-instances/filter	organizations:resources:listByTag	-
POST /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/resource-instances/count	organizations:resources:countByTag	-
GET /v1/organizations/{resource_type}/tags	organizations:resources:list	-
GET /v1/organizations/quotas	organizations:quotas:list	-

Resources

A resource type indicates the resources that an identity policy applies to. If you specify a resource type for any action in Table 3, the resource URN must be specified in the identity policy statements using that action, and the identity policy applies only to resources of this type. If no resource type is specified, the Resource element is marked with an asterisk (*) and the identity policy applies to all resources. You can also set condition keys in an identity policy to define resource types.

The following table lists the resource types that you can define in identity policy statements for Organizations.

**Table 3** Resource types supported by Organizations
Resource Type	URN
builtinpolicy	organizations::system:policy:<policy-type>/<policy-id>
ou	organizations::<management-account-id>:ou:<organization-id>/<organization-unit-id>
root	organizations::<management-account-id>:root:<organization-id>/<root-id>
organization	organizations::<management-account-id>:organization:<organization-id>
account	organizations::<management-account-id>:account:<organization-id>/<account-id>
policy	organizations::<management-account-id>:policy:<organization-id>/<policy-type>/<policy-id>
handshake	organizations::<management-account-id>:handshake:<organization-id>/<handshake-id>

Conditions

Condition Key Overview

A Condition element lets you specify conditions for when an identity policy is in effect. It contains condition keys and operators.

The condition key that you specify can be a global condition key or a service-specific condition key.
- Global condition keys (with the g: prefix) apply to all actions. Cloud services do not need to provide user identity information. Instead, the system automatically obtains such information and authenticates users. For details, see Global Condition Keys.
- Service-specific condition keys (with the abbreviation of a service name plus a colon as the prefix, for example, organizations) apply only to operations of the xx service. For details, see Table 4.
- The number of values associated with a condition key in the request context of an API call makes the condition key single-valued or multivalued. Single-valued condition keys have at most one value in the request context of an API call. Multivalued condition keys can have multiple values in the request context of an API call. For example, a request can originate from at most one VPC endpoint, so g:SourceVpce is a single-valued condition key. You can tag resources and include multiple tag key-value pairs in a request, so g:TagKeys is a multivalued condition key.
A condition operator, condition key, and a condition value together constitute a complete condition statement. An identity policy can be applied only when its request conditions are met. For supported condition operators, see operators.

Service-specific condition keys supported by Organizations

The following table lists the condition keys that you can define in identity policies for Organizations. You can include these condition keys to specify conditions for when your identity policy is in effect.