Create policy Cloud formation

Question

Why I get syntax error when I try to create a cloud formation policy using this while I get this directly from AWS documentation? what I'm missing?

{
    “Type”: “AWS::IAM::UserPolicy”,
    “Properties”: {
        “PolicyName”: “CFNUsers”,
        “PolicyDocument”: {
            “Version”: “2012-10-17",
            “Statement”: [
                {
                    “Effect”: “Allow”,
                    “Action”: [
                        “cloudformation:Describe*“,
                        “cloudformation:List*“,
                        “cloudformation:Get*”
                    ],
                    “Resource”: “*”
                }
            ]
        },
        “Groups”: [
            {
                “Ref”: “CFNUserGroup”
            }
        ]
    }

Answer

Two things I notice, the first your quotes are not actually double-quotes - you have `“` and not `"`, this would cause an issue, but this could also be just an artifact of not using a code-block when you copied-and-pasted your question. Second, you do not have a full valid template here, only a snippet.

A json version of this template that works is:

```
{
    "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
    "Description": "Configure the AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole to enable use of AWS CloudFormation StackSets.",
    "Resources": {
        "CFNUserGroup": {
            "Type": "AWS::IAM::Group",
            "Properties": {
                "GroupName": "CloudFormationUserGroup"
            }
        },
        "AdministrationRole": {
            "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
            "Properties": {
                "PolicyName": "CFNUsers",
                "PolicyDocument": {
                    "Version": "2012-10-17",
                    "Statement": [
                        {
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Action": [
                                "cloudformation:Describe*",
                                "cloudformation:List*",
                                "cloudformation:Get*"
                            ],
                            "Resource": "*"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "Groups": [
                    {
                        "Ref": "CFNUserGroup"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}
```

And the same template in YAML (which I personally find easier to use with CloudFormation) is:

```
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Configure the AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole to enable use of AWS CloudFormation StackSets.
Resources:
  CFNUserGroup:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Group
    Properties:
      GroupName: CloudFormationUserGroup
  AdministrationRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Policy
    Properties:
      PolicyName: CFNUsers
      PolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
          - Effect: Allow
            Action:
              - cloudformation:Describe*
              - cloudformation:List*
              - cloudformation:Get*
            Resource: '*'
      Groups:
        - !Ref CFNUserGroup
```

Try one of them - and see if you still have an issue.

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