AmazonCognitoReadOnly

Summary

Provides read only access to Amazon Cognito resources.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCognitoReadOnlyCopy ARN

Default version

v4

Created

2015-03-24

Last edited

2019-08-01

Services

cognito-identity, cognito-idp, cognito-sync, iam, sns

Control-plane actions (71)

By access level: 24 List, 45 Read, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions (4)

By access level: 3 Read, 1 Write.

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 3 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

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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• AmazonCloudWatchRUMFullAccess
• AmazonCognitoDeveloperAuthenticatedIdentities
• AmazonCognitoIdpServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCognitoPowerUser
• AmazonESCognitoAccess
• AmazonOpenSearchServiceCognitoAccess

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• AmazonChimeServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCloudDirectoryFullAccess

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": [
        "cognito-identity:Describe*",
        "cognito-identity:Get*",
        "cognito-identity:List*",
        "cognito-idp:Describe*",
        "cognito-idp:AdminGet*",
        "cognito-idp:AdminList*",
        "cognito-idp:List*",
        "cognito-idp:Get*",
        "cognito-sync:Describe*",
        "cognito-sync:Get*",
        "cognito-sync:List*",
        "iam:ListOpenIdConnectProviders",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "sns:ListPlatformApplications"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, edited by AWS on 2019-08-01. 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/AmazonCognitoReadOnly
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCognitoReadOnly
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonCognitoReadOnly

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonCognitoReadOnly
• Report a data issue