AmazonESReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read-only access to the Amazon ES configuration service.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2015-10-01
Last edited: 2018-10-03
Services: es

Control-plane actions (59)

By access level: 34 List, 25 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
OpenSearch Service	59 of 138	34 List, 25 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	es:Describe, es:Get, es:List*

OpenSearch Service: 59 actions

es:DescribeDataSourceAttachment (Read)
es:DescribeDomain (Read)
es:DescribeDomainAutoTunes (Read)
es:DescribeDomainChangeProgress (Read)
es:DescribeDomainConfig (Read)
es:DescribeDomainHealth (Read)
es:DescribeDomainNodes (Read)
es:DescribeDomainReplication (Read)
es:DescribeDomains (List)
es:DescribeDryRunProgress (Read)
es:DescribeElasticsearchDomain (Read)
es:DescribeElasticsearchDomainConfig (Read)
es:DescribeElasticsearchDomains (List)
es:DescribeElasticsearchInstanceTypeLimits (List)
es:DescribeInboundConnections (List)
es:DescribeInboundCrossClusterSearchConnections (List)
es:DescribeInsightDetails (Read)
es:DescribeInstanceTypeLimits (List)
es:DescribeOutboundConnections (List)
es:DescribeOutboundCrossClusterSearchConnections (List)
es:DescribePackages (Read)
es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstanceOfferings (List)
es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstances (List)
es:DescribeReservedInstanceOfferings (List)
es:DescribeReservedInstances (List)
es:DescribeVpcEndpoints (List)
es:GetApplication (Read)
es:GetCapability (Read)
es:GetCompatibleElasticsearchVersions (List)
es:GetCompatibleVersions (List)
es:GetDataSource (Read)
es:GetDefaultApplicationSetting (Read)
es:GetDirectQueryDataSource (Read)
es:GetDomainMaintenanceStatus (Read)
es:GetIndex (Read)
es:GetMigration (Read)
es:GetPackageVersionHistory (Read)
es:GetUpgradeHistory (Read)
es:GetUpgradeStatus (Read)
es:ListApplications (List)
es:ListDataSourceAttachments (List)
es:ListDataSources (List)
es:ListDirectQueryDataSources (List)
es:ListDomainMaintenances (List)
es:ListDomainNames (List)
es:ListDomainsForPackage (List)
es:ListElasticsearchInstanceTypeDetails (List)
es:ListElasticsearchInstanceTypes (List)
es:ListElasticsearchVersions (List)
es:ListInsights (List)
es:ListInstanceTypeDetails (List)
es:ListMigrations (List)
es:ListPackagesForDomain (List)
es:ListScheduledActions (List)
es:ListTags (Read)
es:ListVersions (List)
es:ListVpcEndpointAccess (List)
es:ListVpcEndpoints (List)
es:ListVpcEndpointsForDomain (List)

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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "es:Describe*",
        "es:List*",
        "es:Get*"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2018-10-03. 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/AmazonESReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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