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Creates an IAM resource that describes an identity provider (IdP) that supports SAML 2.0.

The SAML provider resource that you create with this operation can be used as a principal in an IAM role's trust policy. Such a policy can enable federated users who sign in using the SAML IdP to assume the role. You can create an IAM role that supports Web-based single sign-on (SSO) to the Amazon Web Services Management Console or one that supports API access to Amazon Web Services.

When you create the SAML provider resource, you upload a SAML metadata document that you get from your IdP. That document includes the issuer's name, expiration information, and keys that can be used to validate the SAML authentication response (assertions) that the IdP sends. You must generate the metadata document using the identity management software that is used as your organization's IdP.

This operation requires Signature Version 4.

For more information, see Enabling SAML 2.0 federated users to access the Amazon Web Services Management Console and About SAML 2.0-based federation in the IAM User Guide.

get/#Action=CreateSAMLProvider

Query parameters

SAMLMetadataDocumentstring required
<p>An XML document generated by an identity provider (IdP) that supports SAML 2.0. The document includes the issuer's name, expiration information, and keys that can be used to validate the SAML authentication response (assertions) that are received from the IdP. You must generate the metadata document using the identity management software that is used as your organization's IdP.</p> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_saml.html">About SAML 2.0-based federation</a> in the <i>IAM User Guide</i> </p>
Namestring required
<p>The name of the provider to create.</p> <p>This parameter allows (through its <a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex">regex pattern</a>) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-</p>
Keystring required

The key name that can be used to look up or retrieve the associated value. For example, <code>Department</code> or <code>Cost Center</code> are common choices.

Valuestring required
<p>The value associated with this tag. For example, tags with a key name of <code>Department</code> could have values such as <code>Human Resources</code>, <code>Accounting</code>, and <code>Support</code>. Tags with a key name of <code>Cost Center</code> might have values that consist of the number associated with the different cost centers in your company. Typically, many resources have tags with the same key name but with different values.</p> <note> <p>Amazon Web Services always interprets the tag <code>Value</code> as a single string. If you need to store an array, you can store comma-separated values in the string. However, you must interpret the value in your code.</p> </note>
<p>A list of tags that you want to attach to the new IAM SAML provider. Each tag consists of a key name and an associated value. For more information about tagging, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_tags.html">Tagging IAM resources</a> in the <i>IAM User Guide</i>.</p> <note> <p>If any one of the tags is invalid or if you exceed the allowed maximum number of tags, then the entire request fails and the resource is not created.</p> </note>
Action'CreateSAMLProvider' required
Version'2010-05-08' required

Response

Success