Table: aws_account - Query AWS Accounts using SQL

The AWS Account is a container for AWS resources. It is used to sign up for, organize, and manage AWS services, and it provides administrative control access to resources. An AWS Account contains its own data, with its own settings, including billing and payment information.

Table Usage Guide

The aws_account table in Steampipe provides you with information about your AWS Account. This table allows you, as a DevOps engineer, to query account-specific details, including the account status, owner, and associated resources. You can utilize this table to gather insights on your AWS account, such as the account's ARN, creation date, email address, and more. The schema outlines the various attributes of your AWS account, including the account ID, account alias, and whether your account is a root account.

Examples

Basic AWS account info

Discover the segments that are associated with your AWS account, including details about the organization and the master account. This can help you manage and understand the relationships within your AWS structure.This query provides a snapshot of basic details about your AWS account, including its alias and associated organization details. It's useful for quickly accessing key information about your account, particularly in larger organizations where multiple accounts may be in use.

select
  alias,
  arn,
  organization_id,
  organization_master_account_email,
  organization_master_account_id
from
  aws_account
  cross join jsonb_array_elements(account_aliases) as alias;

select
  alias.value as alias,
  arn,
  organization_id,
  organization_master_account_email,
  organization_master_account_id
from
  aws_account,
  json_each(account_aliases) as alias;

Organization policy of aws account

This query allows you to delve into the various policies within your AWS account, particularly focusing on the type and status of each policy. It's useful for managing and tracking policy configurations across your organization, ensuring compliance and efficient resource utilization.This query is used to understand the types and status of policies available for an AWS organization. This can be beneficial for auditing purposes, ensuring policy compliance across all accounts within the organization.

select
  organization_id,
  policy ->> 'Type' as policy_type,
  policy ->> 'Status' as policy_status
from
  aws_account
  cross join jsonb_array_elements(organization_available_policy_types) as policy;

select
  organization_id,
  json_extract(policy.value, '$.Type') as policy_type,
  json_extract(policy.value, '$.Status') as policy_status
from
  aws_account,
  json_each(organization_available_policy_types) as policy;

Schema for aws_account

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
account_aliases	jsonb		A list of aliases associated with the account, if applicable.
account_id	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	The AWS Account ID in which the resource is located.
akas	jsonb		Array of globally unique identifier strings (also known as) for the resource.
arn	text		The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the account.
organization_arn	text		The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an organization.
organization_available_policy_types	jsonb		The Region opt-in status. The possible values are opt-in-not-required, opted-in, and not-opted-in
organization_feature_set	text		Specifies the functionality that currently is available to the organization. If set to "ALL", then all features are enabled and policies can be applied to accounts in the organization. If set to "CONSOLIDATED_BILLING", then only consolidated billing functionality is available.
organization_id	text		The unique identifier (ID) of an organization, if applicable.
organization_master_account_arn	text		The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the account that is designated as the management account for the organization
organization_master_account_email	text		The email address that is associated with the AWS account that is designated as the management account for the organization
organization_master_account_id	text		The unique identifier (ID) of the management account of an organization
partition	text		The AWS partition in which the resource is located (aws, aws-cn, or aws-us-gov).
region	text		The AWS Region in which the resource is located.
sp_connection_name	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	Steampipe connection name.
sp_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
title	text		Title of the resource.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- aws

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_aws --config '<your_config>' aws_account