Call AttachPolicy to attach a permission policy to an object - Resource Management - Alibaba Cloud - Resource Management

Attaches a permission policy to an object, which can be a RAM user, RAM user group, or RAM role. After you attach a permission policy to an object, the object has the operation permissions on the resources in a specific resource group or within a specific Alibaba Cloud account.

Operation description

In this example, the policy AdministratorAccess is attached to the RAM user alice@demo.onaliyun.com and takes effect only for resources in the rg-9gLOoK**** resource group.

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Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
ResourceGroupId	string	Yes	The effective scope of the permission policy. Valid values: ID of a resource group: indicates that the permission policy takes effect for the resources in the resource group. ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the authorized object belongs: indicates that the permission policy takes effect for the resources within the Alibaba Cloud account.	rg-9gLOoK****
PolicyType	string	Yes	The type of the permission policy. Valid values: Custom System	System
PolicyName	string	Yes	The name of the permission policy. The name must be 1 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).	AdministratorAccess
PrincipalType	string	Yes	The type of the object to which you want to attach the permission policy. Valid values: IMSUser: RAM user IMSGroup: RAM user group ServiceRole: RAM role	IMSUser
PrincipalName	string	Yes	The name of the object to which you want to attach the permission policy. If you want to attach the permission policy to a RAM user, specify the name in the @.onaliyun.com format. indicates the name of the RAM user, and indicates the alias of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the RAM user belongs. If you want to attach the permission policy to a RAM user group, specify the name in the @group..onaliyun.com format. indicates the name of the RAM user group, and indicates the alias of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the RAM user group belongs. If you want to attach the permission policy to a RAM role, specify the name in the @role..onaliyunservice.com format. indicates the name of the RAM role, and indicates the alias of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the RAM role belongs. Note The alias of an Alibaba Cloud account is a part of the default domain name. You can call the GetDefaultDomain operation to obtain the alias of an Alibaba Cloud account.	alice@demo.onaliyun.com

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
RequestId	string	The request ID.	697852FB-50D7-44D9-9774-530C31EAC572

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Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "697852FB-50D7-44D9-9774-530C31EAC572"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	InvalidParameter.PolicyType	The specified policy type is invalid.	The specified policy type is invalid.
404	EntityNotExist.Policy	The policy does not exist.	The policy does not exist.
404	EntityNotExists.ResourceGroup	The specified resource group does not exist. You must first create a resource group.	The specified resource group does not exist. You must first create a resource group.
409	Invalid.ResourceGroup.Status	You cannot perform an operation on a resource group that is being created or deleted.	You cannot perform an operation on a resource group that is being created or deleted.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

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