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How to use the PassRole permission with IAM roles

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This article explains how to use the iam:PassRole permission to allow an IAM principal to delegate permissions to an AWS service by passing an IAM role.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Understanding the iam:PassRole permission and how it works
  • Prerequisites for passing a role to a service using iam:PassRole
  • Best practices for using iam:PassRole effectively
  • Using iam:PassRole condition keys to restrict which roles can be passed
  • Using iam:PassRole with service-linked roles
  • Monitoring iam:PassRole usage with AWS CloudTrail


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