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Sets the specified version of the specified policy as the policy's default (operative) version.

This operation affects all users, groups, and roles that the policy is attached to. To list the users, groups, and roles that the policy is attached to, use ListEntitiesForPolicy.

For information about managed policies, see Managed policies and inline policies in the IAM User Guide.

get/#Action=SetDefaultPolicyVersion

Query parameters

PolicyArnstring required
<p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN). ARNs are unique identifiers for Amazon Web Services resources.</p> <p>For more information about ARNs, go to <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html">Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services General Reference</i>. </p>
<p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM policy whose default version you want to set.</p> <p>For more information about ARNs, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html">Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services General Reference</i>.</p>
VersionIdstring required
<p>The version of the policy to set as the default (operative) version.</p> <p>For more information about managed policy versions, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies-managed-versions.html">Versioning for managed policies</a> in the <i>IAM User Guide</i>.</p>
Action'SetDefaultPolicyVersion' required
Version'2010-05-08' required

Response

Success