**To list IAM roles for the current account** The following ``list-roles`` command lists IAM roles for the current account:: aws iam list-roles Output:: { "Roles": [ { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Principal": { "Service": "ec2.amazonaws.com" }, "Effect": "Allow", "Sid": "" } ] }, "RoleId": "AROAJ52OTH4H7LEXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2013-05-11T00:02:27Z", "RoleName": "ExampleRole1", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ExampleRole1" }, { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Principal": { "Service": "elastictranscoder.amazonaws.com" }, "Effect": "Allow", "Sid": "" } ] }, "RoleId": "AROAI4QRP7UFT7EXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2013-04-18T05:01:58Z", "RoleName": "emr-access", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/emr-access" } ] } For more information, see `Creating a Role`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Creating a Role`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/creating-role.html