AmazonRekognitionServiceRole

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Summary

Allows Rekognition to call AWS services on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole
Default version: v1
Created: 2017-11-29
Last edited: 2017-11-29
Services: kinesis, kinesisvideo, sns

Control-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis Video Streams	1 of 37	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesisvideo:GetDataEndpoint

Kinesis Video Streams: 1 actions

kinesisvideo:GetDataEndpoint (Read)

Data-plane actions (4)

By access level: 1 Read, 3 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis	2 of 5	2 Write; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesis:PutRecord, kinesis:PutRecords
Kinesis Video Streams	1 of 9	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesisvideo:GetMedia
SNS	All 1 actions (see the SNS page)	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:Publish

Kinesis: 2 actions

kinesis:PutRecord (Write)
kinesis:PutRecords (Write)

Kinesis Video Streams: 1 actions

kinesisvideo:GetMedia (Read)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

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.

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:AmazonRekognition*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kinesis:PutRecord",
        "kinesis:PutRecords"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kinesis:*:*:stream/AmazonRekognition*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kinesisvideo:GetDataEndpoint",
        "kinesisvideo:GetMedia"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2017-11-29. 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/service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_amazonrekognitionservicerole" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AmazonRekognitionServiceRole"),
);

Sources

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