AWSElementalMediaConnectCreateFlow

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Summary

Provides full access to create MediaConnect Flows and all its associated sub-resources.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectCreateFlow
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-03-19
Last edited: 2026-03-19
Services: iam, mediaconnect

Control-plane actions (8)

By access level: 1 Permissions management, 1 Tagging, 6 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:PassRole
MediaConnect	7 of 95	1 Permissions management, 1 Tagging, 5 Write; 7 restricted, 0 conditional	mediaconnect:AddFlowMediaStreams, mediaconnect:AddFlowOutputs, mediaconnect:AddFlowSources, mediaconnect:AddFlowVpcInterfaces, mediaconnect:CreateFlow, mediaconnect:GrantFlowEntitlements, mediaconnect:TagResource

IAM: 1 actions

iam:PassRole (Write)

MediaConnect: 7 actions

mediaconnect:AddFlowMediaStreams (Write)
mediaconnect:AddFlowOutputs (Write)
mediaconnect:AddFlowSources (Write)
mediaconnect:AddFlowVpcInterfaces (Write)
mediaconnect:CreateFlow (Write)
mediaconnect:GrantFlowEntitlements (Permissions management)
mediaconnect:TagResource (Tagging)

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: scoped.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 8 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "mediaconnect.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "mediaconnect:CreateFlow",
        "mediaconnect:AddFlowSources",
        "mediaconnect:AddFlowOutputs",
        "mediaconnect:GrantFlowEntitlements",
        "mediaconnect:AddFlowMediaStreams",
        "mediaconnect:AddFlowVpcInterfaces",
        "mediaconnect:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:flow:*:*",
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:source:*:*",
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:output:*:*",
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:entitlement:*:*",
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:flow:*:*/vpcInterface/*",
        "arn:aws:mediaconnect:*:*:flow:*:*/mediaStream/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-03-19. 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/AWSElementalMediaConnectCreateFlow
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectCreateFlow
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectCreateFlow

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.