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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
  • Getting started
  • Setting up Yandex Cloud Terraform provider authentication
  • Solution library
    • Overview
    • Release notes
          • iam_oauth_client
          • iam_policy
          • iam_role
          • iam_service_account
          • iam_service_agent
          • iam_user
          • iam_workload_identity_federated_credential
          • iam_workload_identity_oidc_federation

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Identity and Access Management
  4. Data Sources
  5. iam_policy

yandex_iam_policy (DataSource)

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at February 12, 2026
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  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference

Generates an IAM policy document that may be referenced by and applied to other Yandex Cloud Platform resources, such as the yandex_resourcemanager_folder resource.

This data source is used to define IAM policies to apply to other resources. Currently, defining a policy through a data source and referencing that policy from another resource is the only way to apply an IAM policy to a resource.

Example usageExample usage

//
// Get information about existing IAM Policy.
//
data "yandex_iam_policy" "admin" {
  binding {
    role = "admin"

    members = [
      "userAccount:user_id_1"
    ]
  }

  binding {
    role = "viewer"

    members = [
      "userAccount:user_id_2"
    ]
  }
}

Arguments & Attributes ReferenceArguments & Attributes Reference

  • id (String).
  • policy_data (Read-Only) (String). The above bindings serialized in a format suitable for referencing from a resource that supports IAM.
  • binding [Block]. Defines a binding to be included in the policy document. Multiple binding arguments are supported.
    • members (Required)(Set Of String). An array of identities that will be granted the privilege in the role. Each entry can have one of the following values:
  • userAccount:{user_id}: A unique user ID that represents a specific Yandex account.
  • serviceAccount:{service_account_id}: A unique service account ID.
  • federatedUser:{federated_user_id}:: A unique saml federation user account ID.
  • group:{group_id}: A unique group ID.
  • system:group:federation:{federation_id}:users: All users in federation.
  • system:group:organization:{organization_id}:users: All users in organization.
  • system:allAuthenticatedUsers: All authenticated users.
  • system:allUsers: All users, including unauthenticated ones.

Warning

For more information about system groups, see the documentation.

  • role (Required)(String). The role/permission that will be granted to the members. See the IAM Roles documentation for a complete list of roles.

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