AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read-only access to AWS Elemental MediaConnect resources.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v3
Created: 2025-02-12
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: mediaconnect

Control-plane actions (16)

By access level: 7 List, 9 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
MediaConnect	16 of 95	7 List, 9 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	mediaconnect:DescribeBridge, mediaconnect:DescribeFlow, mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceMetadata, mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceThumbnail, mediaconnect:DescribeGateway, mediaconnect:DescribeGatewayInstance, mediaconnect:DescribeOffering, mediaconnect:DescribeReservation, mediaconnect:ListBridges, mediaconnect:ListEntitlements, mediaconnect:ListFlows, mediaconnect:ListGatewayInstances and 4 more

MediaConnect: 16 actions

mediaconnect:DescribeBridge (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeFlow (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceMetadata (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceThumbnail (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeGateway (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeGatewayInstance (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeOffering (Read)
mediaconnect:DescribeReservation (Read)
mediaconnect:ListBridges (List)
mediaconnect:ListEntitlements (List)
mediaconnect:ListFlows (List)
mediaconnect:ListGatewayInstances (List)
mediaconnect:ListGateways (List)
mediaconnect:ListOfferings (List)
mediaconnect:ListReservations (List)
mediaconnect:ListTagsForResource (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

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": [
        "mediaconnect:ListBridges",
        "mediaconnect:ListEntitlements",
        "mediaconnect:ListFlows",
        "mediaconnect:ListGatewayInstances",
        "mediaconnect:ListGateways",
        "mediaconnect:ListOfferings",
        "mediaconnect:ListReservations",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeBridge",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlow",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceMetadata",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceThumbnail",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeGateway",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeGatewayInstance",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeOffering",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeReservation",
        "mediaconnect:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.