AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read only access to Amazon AppStream via the AWS Management Console.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v5
Created: 2015-02-06
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: appstream

Control-plane actions (24)

By access level: 19 List, 5 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
AppStream 2.0	24 of 90	19 List, 5 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	appstream:Describe, appstream:List

AppStream 2.0: 24 actions

appstream:DescribeAppBlockBuilderAppBlockAssociations (List)
appstream:DescribeAppBlockBuilders (List)
appstream:DescribeAppBlocks (List)
appstream:DescribeAppLicenseUsage (List)
appstream:DescribeApplicationFleetAssociations (List)
appstream:DescribeApplications (List)
appstream:DescribeDirectoryConfigs (List)
appstream:DescribeEntitlements (List)
appstream:DescribeFleets (List)
appstream:DescribeImageBuilders (List)
appstream:DescribeImagePermissions (Read)
appstream:DescribeImages (List)
appstream:DescribeSessions (List)
appstream:DescribeSoftwareAssociations (List)
appstream:DescribeStacks (List)
appstream:DescribeThemeForStack (Read)
appstream:DescribeUsageReportSubscriptions (List)
appstream:DescribeUserStackAssociations (List)
appstream:DescribeUsers (List)
appstream:ListAssociatedFleets (Read)
appstream:ListAssociatedStacks (Read)
appstream:ListEntitledApplications (List)
appstream:ListExportImageTasks (List)
appstream:ListTagsForResource (Read)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appstream:List*",
        "appstream:Describe*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonappstreamreadonlyaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonAppStreamReadOnlyAccess"),
);

Sources

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