{"id":1153,"date":"2015-11-09T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2022-01-03T20:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T01:01:40","slug":"aws-policy-validation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/aws-policy-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Policy Validation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AWS released an updated to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.aws.amazon.com\/security\/post\/Tx146AK7WQBW8YN\/Test-Resource-Level-Permissions-Using-the-IAM-Policy-Simulator\">test resource-level permissions using the IAM Policy Simulator and APIs<\/a> to support this. \u00a0We thought this would be a great capability\u00a0making it easier to validate the connection between your AWS Cloud and RedLine13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1 : Setup your Key<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is documented in the entry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/aws-setup\/\">Linking Accounts Setup<\/a>\u00a0or directly in line [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/AWS\/Keys\">https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/AWS\/Keys<\/a>] while configuring your keys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.19.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.19.34-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-09 at 11.19.34 AM\" width=\"454\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2. Click Validate Policy<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-09 at 11.21.34 AM\" width=\"463\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM.png 1043w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM-1024x270.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.21.34-AM-768x202.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3. Validate Results<\/h3>\n<p>We will call out anything improperly configured and explain why it is needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.24.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.24.20-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-09 at 11.24.20 AM\" width=\"556\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Step 4. Update your policy as needed.<\/h3>\n<p>In this cases we update for ability to help you with SubNets and Security Groups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.31.01-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.31.01-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-09 at 11.31.01 AM\" width=\"550\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 5.\u00a0Validate your policy again.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.32.07-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-11.32.07-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-09 at 11.32.07 AM\" width=\"540\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Last Step \ud83d\ude09<\/h3>\n<p>A great big thanks to the folks at AWS for this update. \u00a0It\u00a0has already made our life easier.<\/p>\n<p>Original Tweet from @AWSCloud<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The IAM policy simulator now helps you accurately test &amp; verify resource-level permissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcDahmWWHg\">https:\/\/t.co\/xcDahmWWHg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duc9yg0NWL\">pic.twitter.com\/duc9yg0NWL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awscloud\/status\/660129912938823680\">October 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWS released an updated to test resource-level permissions using the IAM Policy Simulator and APIs to support this. \u00a0We thought this would be a great capability\u00a0making it easier to validate the connection between your AWS Cloud and RedLine13. Step 1 : Setup your Key This is documented in the entry\u00a0Linking Accounts Setup\u00a0or directly in line [https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/AWS\/Keys] while configuring your keys. Step 2. Click Validate Policy Step 3. Validate Results We will call out anything improperly configured<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/aws-policy-validation\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2,50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-richardfriedman","4":"post-1153","6":"format-standard","7":"category-aws-faq","8":"category-blog","9":"category-updates"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AWS Policy Validation - RedLine13<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/aws-policy-validation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AWS Policy Validation - RedLine13\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AWS released an updated to test resource-level permissions using the IAM Policy Simulator and APIs to support this. \u00a0We thought this would be a great capability\u00a0making it easier to validate the connection between your AWS Cloud and RedLine13. 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