How to manage IAM policies

You can manage IAM policies in an Organization if you are the Owner of that Organization, or if you have sufficient permissions (via existing policies) to do so. Management actions including editing, attaching and detaching policies to/from groups and deleting groups from the Organization.

Before you startLink to this anchor

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization

How to access the policy overviewLink to this anchor

1. Click Identity and Access Management (IAM) from the top-right of your Organization Dashboard in the Scaleway console. The Users tab of the Identity and Access Management dashboard displays.
   
2. Click the Policies tab. A list of the Organization’s IAM policies displays.
   
3. Click the name of the policy you want to manage. Alternatively, click «See more Icon» next to the policy, and select Overview. Either way, you are taken to the policy’s Overview page. Follow the steps below depending on the management action you wish to take.

How to edit a policy’s name and descriptionLink to this anchor

From the policy’s Overview page:

• Click directly on the policy name at the top of the page (instance-manager in the example above) to edit it, and click «Validate Icon» when finished.
• Click directly on the policy description in the Policy Information panel (data-project-group in the example above) to edit it, and click «Validate Icon» when finished.

How to edit a policy’s rulesLink to this anchor

1. From the policy’s Overview page, scroll down to the Rules panel and click «Edit Icon» next to the rule you want to edit.
2. Edit the rule as required. You can edit the scope, permission sets and conditions.
   Important

   Conditions can only be edited using the Advanced editor. You must update the CEL expression in the editor to update the condition. Refer to the Understanding policy conditions documentation page for more details about how to write condition expressions, as well as examples of conditions.

3. Click Validate to finish.
   Tip

   See our documentation about creating policies for more help with building rules.

How to delete a policyLink to this anchor

1. From the policy’s Overview page, scroll down to the Delete policy panel.
2. Click Delete policy. A warning displays, asking you to confirm your action.
3. Type DELETE to confirm, and click Delete policy to validate.