AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Access to all Read rekognition APIs

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v10
Created: 2016-11-30
Last edited: 2023-11-08
Services: rekognition

Control-plane actions (35)

By access level: 1 List, 34 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Rekognition	35 of 76	1 List, 34 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	rekognition:CompareFaces, rekognition:DescribeDataset, rekognition:DescribeProjectVersions, rekognition:DescribeProjects, rekognition:DescribeStreamProcessor, rekognition:DetectCustomLabels, rekognition:DetectFaces, rekognition:DetectLabels, rekognition:DetectModerationLabels, rekognition:DetectProtectiveEquipment, rekognition:DetectText, rekognition:GetCelebrityInfo and 23 more

Rekognition: 35 actions

rekognition:CompareFaces (Read)
rekognition:DescribeDataset (Read)
rekognition:DescribeProjectVersions (Read)
rekognition:DescribeProjects (Read)
rekognition:DescribeStreamProcessor (Read)
rekognition:DetectCustomLabels (Read)
rekognition:DetectFaces (Read)
rekognition:DetectLabels (Read)
rekognition:DetectModerationLabels (Read)
rekognition:DetectProtectiveEquipment (Read)
rekognition:DetectText (Read)
rekognition:GetCelebrityInfo (Read)
rekognition:GetCelebrityRecognition (Read)
rekognition:GetContentModeration (Read)
rekognition:GetFaceDetection (Read)
rekognition:GetFaceSearch (Read)
rekognition:GetLabelDetection (Read)
rekognition:GetMediaAnalysisJob (Read)
rekognition:GetPersonTracking (Read)
rekognition:GetSegmentDetection (Read)
rekognition:GetTextDetection (Read)
rekognition:ListCollections (Read)
rekognition:ListDatasetEntries (Read)
rekognition:ListDatasetLabels (Read)
rekognition:ListFaces (Read)
rekognition:ListMediaAnalysisJobs (Read)
rekognition:ListProjectPolicies (Read)
rekognition:ListStreamProcessors (List)
rekognition:ListTagsForResource (Read)
rekognition:ListUsers (Read)
rekognition:RecognizeCelebrities (Read)
rekognition:SearchFaces (Read)
rekognition:SearchFacesByImage (Read)
rekognition:SearchUsers (Read)
rekognition:SearchUsersByImage (Read)

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

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Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rekognition:CompareFaces",
        "rekognition:DetectFaces",
        "rekognition:DetectLabels",
        "rekognition:ListCollections",
        "rekognition:ListFaces",
        "rekognition:SearchFaces",
        "rekognition:SearchFacesByImage",
        "rekognition:DetectText",
        "rekognition:GetCelebrityInfo",
        "rekognition:RecognizeCelebrities",
        "rekognition:DetectModerationLabels",
        "rekognition:GetLabelDetection",
        "rekognition:GetFaceDetection",
        "rekognition:GetContentModeration",
        "rekognition:GetPersonTracking",
        "rekognition:GetCelebrityRecognition",
        "rekognition:GetFaceSearch",
        "rekognition:GetTextDetection",
        "rekognition:GetSegmentDetection",
        "rekognition:DescribeStreamProcessor",
        "rekognition:ListStreamProcessors",
        "rekognition:DescribeProjects",
        "rekognition:DescribeProjectVersions",
        "rekognition:DetectCustomLabels",
        "rekognition:DetectProtectiveEquipment",
        "rekognition:ListTagsForResource",
        "rekognition:ListDatasetEntries",
        "rekognition:ListDatasetLabels",
        "rekognition:DescribeDataset",
        "rekognition:ListProjectPolicies",
        "rekognition:ListUsers",
        "rekognition:SearchUsers",
        "rekognition:SearchUsersByImage",
        "rekognition:GetMediaAnalysisJob",
        "rekognition:ListMediaAnalysisJobs"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2023-11-08. 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/AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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