cfn-modules: Serverless IAM example project

This example project demonstrates how IAM policies for Lambda functions are automatically created when cfn-modules are combined.

Prerequisites

1. Install Node.js 10.x
2. Create an S3 bucket where aws cloudformation package uploads the artifacts.
   1. Choose a unique bucket name, e.g. BucketName=cfn-modules-$Name-$Region
   2. Replace $Name with a unique name (e.g. your initials or company name)
   3. Replace $Region with your AWS default region (e.g. us-east-1)
   4. Create the bucket aws s3 mb s3://$BucketName

Usage

npm i
aws cloudformation package --template-file example.yml --s3-bucket $BucketName --output-template-file packaged.yml
aws cloudformation deploy --template-file packaged.yml --stack-name serverless-iam-example --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Checkout the IAM role attached to the Lambda function (Get the role name with aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name serverless-iam-example --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='RoleName'].OutputValue" --output text). The Lambda function is allowed to talk to the SQS queue, DynamoDB table, and S3 bucket because of the DependencyModule1, DependencyModule2, and DependencyModule3 parameter. The generated policy looks like this:

{
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:u-west-1:***:log-group:serverless-iam-example-LogGroup-YLDPFNGG00XX:*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "sqs:ChangeMessageVisibility*",
        "sqs:DeleteMessage*",
        "sqs:ReceiveMessage",
        "sqs:SendMessage*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:sqs:eu-west-1:***:serverless-iam-example-Queue-1KUL6CHQ72L11-Queue-YLDPFNGG00JJ"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:Batch*Item",
        "dynamodb:DeleteItem",
        "dynamodb:GetItem",
        "dynamodb:PutItem"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:dynamodb:eu-west-1:***:table/serverless-iam-example-Table-1ES8PX0YZ1UE1-Table-OFBM6RPW27KD"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "s3:DeleteObject*",
        "s3:GetObject*",
        "s3:ListBucket*",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
        "s3:PutObject*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::serverless-iam-example-bucket-1pwiud7lmras-bucket-191m2vgi3rwz2",
        "arn:aws:s3:::serverless-iam-example-bucket-1pwiud7lmras-bucket-191m2vgi3rwz2/*"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow"
    }
  ]
}

Don't forget to delete the stack once you are done with the demo:

aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name serverless-iam-example

Modules

Find all modules here: https://www.npmjs.com/org/cfn-modules