IAM Actions

Updated on 08 April, 2026

Reference for Vultr IAM actions. View all permission actions available for managing users, groups, roles, policies, and identity configuration in policies.


IAM actions control access to Identity and Access Management itself. Use these actions to permit administrative operations on groups, roles, policies, users, organizations, invitations, role trusts, and assumed role sessions. Granting these actions allows users to manage who can access what within the organization.

Groups

Action Description
iam.group.AddMember Add user to group
iam.group.Create Create IAM group
iam.group.Delete Delete IAM group
iam.group.List List IAM groups
iam.group.ListPolicies List group policies
iam.group.ListRoles List group roles
iam.group.Read Get group details
iam.group.RemoveMember Remove user from group
iam.group.Update Update IAM group

Roles

Action Description
iam.role.AssumeRole Assume IAM role
iam.role.AttachGroup Attach role to group
iam.role.AttachPolicy Attach policy to role
iam.role.AttachUser Attach role to user
iam.role.Create Create IAM role
iam.role.Delete Delete IAM role
iam.role.DetachGroup Detach role from group
iam.role.DetachPolicy Detach policy from role
iam.role.DetachUser Detach role from user
iam.role.List List IAM roles
iam.role.ListGroups List groups with role
iam.role.ListPolicies List role policies
iam.role.ListUsers List users with role
iam.role.Read Get role details
iam.role.Restore Restore IAM role
iam.role.Update Update IAM role

Policies

Action Description
iam.policy.Create Create IAM policy
iam.policy.Delete Delete IAM policy
iam.policy.List List IAM policies
iam.policy.ListGroups List groups with policy
iam.policy.ListUsers List users with policy
iam.policy.Read Get policy details
iam.policy.Update Update or attach policy

Role Trusts

Action Description
iam.roletrust.Create Create role trust
iam.roletrust.Delete Delete role trust
iam.roletrust.List List role trusts
iam.roletrust.Read Get role trust details
iam.roletrust.Restore Restore role trust
iam.roletrust.Update Update role trust

Assumed Role Sessions

Action Description
iam.assumedrole.Delete Revoke assumed role session
iam.assumedrole.List List assumed role sessions for user
iam.assumedrole.Read Get assumed role session

Organizations

Action Description
iam.organization.Create Create organization
iam.organization.Delete Delete organization
iam.organization.List List organizations
iam.organization.Read Get organization details
iam.organization.Update Update organization

Invitations

Action Description
iam.invitation.Create Create invitation
iam.invitation.Delete Delete invitation
iam.invitation.List List invitations
iam.invitation.Read Get invitation details

Users

Action Description
iam.user.ListGroups List user groups
iam.user.ListPolicies List user policies
iam.user.ListRoles List user roles

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