policy_name | Patterned Designs Documentation

Type string

Name of the access policy. Must be unique within your AWS account. Can contain alphanumeric characters, plus (+), equal (=), comma (,), period (.), at (@), underscore (_), and hyphen (-). Maximum 128 characters.

Naming Conventions

The policy name must be unique within your AWS account. It can contain only alphanumeric characters, plus (+), equal (=), comma (,), period (.), at (@), underscore (_), and hyphen (-). The name cannot exceed 128 characters.

Common Patterns

Role-based: {role}-policy (e.g., developer-policy)
Service-based: {service}-access (e.g., s3-read-access)
Environment-prefixed: {env}-{role}-policy (e.g., prod-admin-policy)
Team-based: {team}-{access-level} (e.g., data-engineering-readonly)

Best Practices

Use lowercase with hyphens for readability
Include the access scope or purpose in the name
Avoid generic names like policy or access
Consider including the service or resource type
Use consistent naming across your organization

Full Module Example

module "access_policy" {
  source  = "registry.patterneddesigns.ca/governance/access-policy/aws"
  version = "0.1.0"

  # policy_name
  policy_name = "..."

  # Other required inputs
}