Installation

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macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install terraform-iam-policy-validator

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#terraform-iam-policy-validator

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/te/terraform-iam-policy-validator/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

CLI to validate AWS IAM policies in Terraform templates for best practices

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

tf-policy-validator

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

terraform-iam-policy-validator is an AWS Labs security CLI, installed as `tf-policy-validator`, that checks IAM policies extracted from Terraform plan output with IAM Access Analyzer validation and custom policy checks.

Projektgeschichte

The awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator repository was created on GitHub in August 2022. Its README describes a command-line tool that parses Terraform templates for IAM identity-based and resource-based policies, then runs them through IAM Access Analyzer policy validation checks and optional custom policy checks.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The project is narrower than general Terraform linters because it focuses specifically on AWS IAM policy semantics. The input package facts list Homebrew and Nix packaging, while the official README documents Python installation with `pip install tf-policy-validator`, indicating use both as a Python CLI and as a packaged security tool.

Wie es verwendet wird

The documented workflow is to run Terraform, convert a plan to JSON with `terraform show -json`, and pass that file to `tf-policy-validator validate` with an AWS region and config file. The tool can fail a pipeline when findings of selected severity levels are treated as blocking.

The README also documents custom checks for no-new-access, access-not-granted, and no-public-access. Because those checks call AWS IAM Access Analyzer APIs through boto3, the tool uses normal AWS credential resolution, including environment variables, shared credentials, AWS config, assume-role providers, and EC2 instance metadata.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, terraform-iam-policy-validator represents the compliance side of Terraform packaging: it is a standalone executable meant to be dropped into CI after `terraform plan`, with policy behavior controlled by command flags and config files. Its importance is strongest in AWS-heavy shops that want IAM policy review before apply.

Zeitleiste

2022: GitHub repository created.
2024: v0.0.6 and v0.0.7 releases published.
2024: v0.0.8 release added custom-check changes including check-no-public-access.
2025: v0.0.9 listed as the latest GitHub release during research.

Related projects

The README ties the tool to AWS IAM Access Analyzer, boto3 credential handling, Terraform plan JSON, and AWS sample material for IAM Access Analyzer custom policy checks.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für terraform-iam-policy-validator wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.aws/credentials~/.aws/config

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`tf-policy-validator`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.0.9

Manager aktualisiert2026-05-15

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator

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Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:terraform-iam-policy-validator
Version	0.0.9
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/terraform-iam-policy-validator
Homepage	https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator
Repository	https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator#readme
Lizenz	MIT-0
Quellarchiv	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/89/6b/bdb90f2fcb4a0033f138d52d5b24af9a2f8a84703ef94cbc31d51f0afaed/tf_policy_validator-0.0.9.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-05-15T11:14:03Z
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	libyaml, python@3.14
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	terraform-iam-policy-validator
Version Scheme	0
Revision	4
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

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Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

terraform-iam-policy-validator

nix profile install nixpkgs#terraform-iam-policy-validator

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Terraform Iam Policy Validator

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Paketgraph

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Quellspur

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/terraform-iam-policy-validator.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

terraform-iam-policy-validator mit Homebrew, Nix installieren