---
title: "POST /api/v2/secret-rotations/aws-iam-user-secret"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/secret-rotations/aws-iam-user-secret"
tags: ["Secret Rotations"]
---

# POST /api/v2/secret-rotations/aws-iam-user-secret

`POST /api/v2/secret-rotations/aws-iam-user-secret`

Create an AWS IAM User Secret Rotation for the specified project.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — The name of the AWS IAM User Secret Rotation to create. Must be slug-friendly.
  - `projectId` string, required — The ID of the project to create the rotation in.
  - `description` string, nullable — An optional description for the AWS IAM User Secret Rotation.
  - `connectionId` string, uuid, required — The ID of the AWS Connection to use for rotation.
  - `environment` string, required — The slug of the project environment to create the rotation in.
  - `secretPath` string, required — The secret path of the project to create the rotation in.
  - `isAutoRotationEnabled` boolean — Whether secrets should be automatically rotated when the specified rotation interval has elapsed.
  - `rotationInterval` number, required — The interval, in days, to automatically rotate secrets.
  - `rotateAtUtc` object — The hours and minutes rotation should occur at in UTC. Defaults to Midnight (00:00) UTC.
    - `hours` number, required
    - `minutes` number, required
  - `parameters` object, required
    - `userName` string, required — The name of the client to rotate credentials for.
    - `region` 'us-east-1' | 'us-east-2' | 'us-west-1' | 'us-west-2' | 'us-gov-east-1' | 'us-gov-west-1' | 'af-south-1' | 'ap-east-1' | 'ap-south-1' | 'ap-south-2' | 'ap-northeast-1' | 'ap-northeast-2' | 'ap-northeast-3' | 'ap-southeast-1' | 'ap-southeast-2' | 'ap-southeast-3' | 'ap-southeast-4' | 'ca-central-1' | 'eu-central-1' | 'eu-central-2' | 'eu-west-1' | 'eu-west-2' | 'eu-west-3' | 'eu-south-1' | 'eu-south-2' | 'eu-north-1' | 'me-south-1' | 'me-central-1' | 'sa-east-1' — The AWS region the client is present in.
  - `secretsMapping` object, required
    - `accessKeyId` string, required — The name of the secret that the access key ID will be mapped to.
    - `secretAccessKey` string, required — The name of the secret that the rotated secret access key will be mapped to.

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `secretRotation` object, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `isAutoRotationEnabled` boolean
    - `activeIndex` number
    - `folderId` string, uuid, required
    - `connectionId` string, uuid, required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `rotationInterval` number, required
    - `rotationStatus` string, required
    - `lastRotationAttemptedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `lastRotatedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `lastRotationJobId` string, nullable
    - `nextRotationAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `isLastRotationManual` boolean
    - `connection` object, required
      - `app` 'aws', required
      - `name` string, required
      - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `environment` object, required
      - `slug` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `projectId` string, required
    - `folder` object, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `path` string, required
    - `rotateAtUtc` object, required
      - `hours` number, required
      - `minutes` number, required
    - `lastRotationMessage` string, nullable
    - `type` 'aws-iam-user-secret', required
    - `parameters` object, required
      - `userName` string, required — The name of the client to rotate credentials for.
      - `region` 'us-east-1' | 'us-east-2' | 'us-west-1' | 'us-west-2' | 'us-gov-east-1' | 'us-gov-west-1' | 'af-south-1' | 'ap-east-1' | 'ap-south-1' | 'ap-south-2' | 'ap-northeast-1' | 'ap-northeast-2' | 'ap-northeast-3' | 'ap-southeast-1' | 'ap-southeast-2' | 'ap-southeast-3' | 'ap-southeast-4' | 'ca-central-1' | 'eu-central-1' | 'eu-central-2' | 'eu-west-1' | 'eu-west-2' | 'eu-west-3' | 'eu-south-1' | 'eu-south-2' | 'eu-north-1' | 'me-south-1' | 'me-central-1' | 'sa-east-1' — The AWS region the client is present in.
    - `secretsMapping` object, required
      - `accessKeyId` string, required — The name of the secret that the access key ID will be mapped to.
      - `secretAccessKey` string, required — The name of the secret that the rotated secret access key will be mapped to.

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response
- `422` — Default Response
- `500` — Default Response

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