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Resource Access Management:GetRole

Last Updated:Aug 20, 2026

Retrieves the information about a role.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ram:GetRole

get

*Role

acs:ram:*:{#accountId}:role/{#RoleName}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RoleName

string

No

The name of the role.

The name must be 1 to 64 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), and hyphens (-).

ECSAdmin

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Role

object

The role information.

AssumeRolePolicyDocument

string

The access policy that specifies the permission to assume the role.

{ "Statement": [ { "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "RAM": "acs:ram::123456789012****:root" } } ], "Version": "1" }

UpdateDate

string

The time when the role was last updated. The time is in UTC in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

Description

string

The description of the role.

ECS management role

MaxSessionDuration

integer

The maximum session duration of the role.

3600

RoleName

string

The name of the role.

ECSAdmin

CreateDate

string

The time when the role was created. The time is in UTC in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

RoleId

string

The ID of the role.

901234567890****

Arn

string

The resource descriptor of the role.

acs:ram::123456789012****:role/ECSAdmin

AllowConsoleLogin

boolean

Indicates whether console logon is allowed for the RAM role.

true

IsServiceLinkedRole

boolean

Indicates whether the role is a service-linked role.

true

RolePrincipalName

string

The name of the role with the domain name suffix.

ECSAdmin@role.123456.onaliyunservice.com

LatestDeletionTask

object

The information about the most recent deletion task.

CreateDate

string

The time when the deletion task was created. The time is in UTC in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

2018-10-23T12:33:18Z

DeletionTaskId

string

The ID of the deletion task.

task/acs-service-role/sas.aliyuncs.com/AliyunServiceRoleForSas/20843430-bb43-44fe-a7ff-02ab09183436

RequestId

string

The request ID.

04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Role": {
    "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": "{ \"Statement\": [ { \"Action\": \"sts:AssumeRole\", \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Principal\": { \"RAM\": \"acs:ram::123456789012****:root\" } } ], \"Version\": \"1\" }",
    "UpdateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "Description": "ECS management role.",
    "MaxSessionDuration": 3600,
    "RoleName": "ECSAdmin",
    "CreateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "RoleId": "901234567890****",
    "Arn": "acs:ram::123456789012****:role/ECSAdmin",
    "AllowConsoleLogin": true,
    "IsServiceLinkedRole": true,
    "RolePrincipalName": "ECSAdmin@role.123456.onaliyunservice.com",
    "LatestDeletionTask": {
      "CreateDate": "2018-10-23T12:33:18Z",
      "DeletionTaskId": "task/acs-service-role/sas.aliyuncs.com/AliyunServiceRoleForSas/20843430-bb43-44fe-a7ff-02ab09183436"
    }
  },
  "RequestId": "04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368"
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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