AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccess

Summary

Grants read only permissions for the Amazon CloudWatch RUM service

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v8

Created

2021-11-29

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

cloudwatch, logs, rum, synthetics, xray

Control-plane actions (11)

By access level: 2 List, 9 Read.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

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.

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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": [
        "rum:GetAppMonitor",
        "rum:GetAppMonitorData",
        "rum:ListAppMonitors",
        "rum:ListRumMetricsDestinations",
        "rum:BatchGetRumMetricDefinitions",
        "rum:GetResourcePolicy",
        "rum:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "synthetics:describeCanariesLastRun",
        "synthetics:describeCanaries"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:synthetics:*:*:canary:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:*:*:alarm:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group::log-stream:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "xray:GetTraceSummaries"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v8, 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 iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonCloudWatchRUMReadOnlyAccess
• Report a data issue