AmazonKinesisVideoStreamsReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read only access to AWS Kinesis Video Streams 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/AmazonKinesisVideoStreamsReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2017-12-01
Last edited: 2017-12-01
Services: kinesisvideo

Control-plane actions (16)

By access level: 6 List, 10 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis Video Streams	16 of 37	6 List, 10 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesisvideo:Describe, kinesisvideo:Get, kinesisvideo:List*

Kinesis Video Streams: 16 actions

kinesisvideo:DescribeEdgeConfiguration (Read)
kinesisvideo:DescribeImageGenerationConfiguration (Read)
kinesisvideo:DescribeMappedResourceConfiguration (List)
kinesisvideo:DescribeMediaStorageConfiguration (Read)
kinesisvideo:DescribeNotificationConfiguration (Read)
kinesisvideo:DescribeSignalingChannel (List)
kinesisvideo:DescribeStream (List)
kinesisvideo:DescribeStreamStorageConfiguration (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetDataEndpoint (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetIceServerConfig (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetSignalingChannelEndpoint (Read)
kinesisvideo:ListEdgeAgentConfigurations (List)
kinesisvideo:ListSignalingChannels (List)
kinesisvideo:ListStreams (List)
kinesisvideo:ListTagsForResource (Read)
kinesisvideo:ListTagsForStream (Read)

Data-plane actions (7)

By access level: 1 List, 6 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis Video Streams	7 of 9	1 List, 6 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesisvideo:Get, kinesisvideo:List

Kinesis Video Streams: 7 actions

kinesisvideo:GetClip (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetDASHStreamingSessionURL (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetHLSStreamingSessionURL (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetImages (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetMedia (Read)
kinesisvideo:GetMediaForFragmentList (Read)
kinesisvideo:ListFragments (List)

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

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

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

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2017-12-01. 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/AmazonKinesisVideoStreamsReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisVideoStreamsReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisVideoStreamsReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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