SetPasswordPolicy - Resource Access Management - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Sets the password strength policy for Resource Access Management (RAM) users.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ram:SetPasswordPolicy

update

*All Resource

*

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
MinimumPasswordLength	integer	No	The minimum number of characters in a password. Valid values: 8 to 32. Default value: 8.	8
RequireLowercaseCharacters	boolean	No	Specifies whether a password must contain lowercase letters. Valid values: true false (default)	false
RequireUppercaseCharacters	boolean	No	Specifies whether a password must contain uppercase letters. Valid values: true false (default)	false
RequireNumbers	boolean	No	Specifies whether a password must contain digits. Valid values: true false (default)	false
RequireSymbols	boolean	No	Specifies whether a password must contain special characters. Valid values: true false (default)	false
HardExpire	boolean	No	Specifies whether to disable logon for a RAM user after their password expires. Valid values: true: A RAM user cannot log on to the console after their password expires. The RAM user can log on to the console only after an Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM user that has administrative permissions resets the password for the RAM user. false (default): A RAM user can change their password after it expires and then log on to the console.	false
MaxLoginAttemps	integer	No	The maximum number of password retries. If a RAM user enters an incorrect password the specified number of times, the RAM user is locked for one hour. Valid values: 0 to 32. The default value 0 indicates that the password retry limit is disabled.	0
PasswordReusePrevention	integer	No	The policy for password history check. A new password cannot be the same as the last N passwords. N can be a value from 0 to 24. The default value 0 indicates that the password history check is disabled.	0
MaxPasswordAge	integer	No	The validity period of a password. Valid values: 0 to 1095. Unit: days. The default value 0 indicates that the password never expires.	0
MinimumPasswordDifferentCharacter	integer	No	The minimum number of unique characters in a password. Valid values: 0 to 8. The default value 0 indicates that the number of unique characters in a password is not limited.	0
PasswordNotContainUserName	boolean	No	Specifies whether a password can contain the username. Valid values: true: A password cannot contain the username. false (default): A password can contain the username.	false
InitialPasswordAge	integer	No	The validity period of an initial password. An initial password is the password that is set when you create a RAM user or reset the console logon password for a RAM user. Valid values: 0 to 90. Unit: days. Default value: 14. A value of 0 indicates that the validity period of the initial password is not limited.	14

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	3FB5551F-B2ED-40D4-8392-1E4AC2384EFD
PasswordPolicy	object	The information of the password strength policy.
RequireNumbers	boolean	Specifies whether a password must contain digits.	false
RequireLowercaseCharacters	boolean	Specifies whether a password must contain lowercase letters.	false
PasswordReusePrevention	integer	The policy for password history check.	0
RequireSymbols	boolean	Specifies whether a password must contain special characters.	false
PasswordNotContainUserName	boolean	Specifies whether a password can contain the username.	false
MinimumPasswordDifferentCharacter	integer	The minimum number of unique characters in a password.	0
MaxPasswordAge	integer	The validity period of a password.	0
HardExpire	boolean	Specifies whether to disable logon for a RAM user after their password expires.	false
MinimumPasswordLength	integer	The minimum number of characters in a password.	8
RequireUppercaseCharacters	boolean	Specifies whether a password must contain uppercase letters.	false
MaxLoginAttemps	integer	The maximum number of password retries.	0
InitialPasswordAge	integer	The validity period of an initial password.	14

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "3FB5551F-B2ED-40D4-8392-1E4AC2384EFD",
  "PasswordPolicy": {
    "RequireNumbers": false,
    "RequireLowercaseCharacters": false,
    "PasswordReusePrevention": 0,
    "RequireSymbols": false,
    "PasswordNotContainUserName": false,
    "MinimumPasswordDifferentCharacter": 0,
    "MaxPasswordAge": 0,
    "HardExpire": false,
    "MinimumPasswordLength": 8,
    "RequireUppercaseCharacters": false,
    "MaxLoginAttemps": 0,
    "InitialPasswordAge": 14
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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