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AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read only access to all Amazon Kinesis Firehose Delivery Streams.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN
arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess
Default version
v1
Created
Last edited
Services
firehose

Control-plane actions (3)

By access level: 2 List, 1 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
ServiceGrantedAccess levels and limitsGranted by
Firehose3 of 102 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditionalfirehose:Describe*, firehose:List*
Firehose: 3 actions
  • firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream (Read)
  • firehose:ListDeliveryStreams (List)
  • firehose:ListTagsForDeliveryStream (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

Practical scope

One statement allows firehose:Describe* and firehose:List* on Resource "*". There are no put, create, update or delete actions.

Use cases

  • Let users or roles view Amazon Kinesis Firehose delivery streams and their details, without changing them.

Best practices

  • AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions. The IAM User Guide suggests using IAM Access Analyzer to see which permissions principals actually use, then writing a custom policy or generating one with only the required permissions.

Security considerations

  • The policy grants no write actions, but it applies to all resources, so principals can describe and list every delivery stream in the account.
  • You cannot change the permissions in an AWS managed policy. If AWS updates the policy, the update affects every user, group and role it is attached to.

Assignment guidance

You can attach this policy to your users, groups and roles. The reference page also links to guidance on creating a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center. It fits where read-only access to Amazon Kinesis Firehose delivery streams is intended.

Related policies

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess?
The reference page says you can attach AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess to your users, groups and roles, and describes it as read only access to all Amazon Kinesis Firehose delivery streams. Attach it where viewing is the intended scope.
What does AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess grant?
It allows firehose:Describe* and firehose:List* on all resources. It has no put, create, update or delete actions.
What are the security risks of AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess?
It grants no write actions, but it applies to all delivery streams in the account. AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions, and you must consider the security risk of granting principals more permissions than they need. AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

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

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2015-10-07. 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/AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisFirehoseReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources