AWSIoTLogging

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Summary

Allows creation of Amazon CloudWatch Log groups and streaming logs to the groups

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIoTLogging
Default version: v1
Created: 2015-10-08
Last edited: 2015-10-08
Services: logs

Control-plane actions (7)

By access level: 1 Read, 6 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch Logs	7 of 133	1 Read, 6 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogGroup, logs:CreateLogStream, logs:DeleteLogStream, logs:GetLogEvents, logs:PutLogEvents, logs:PutMetricFilter, logs:PutRetentionPolicy

CloudWatch Logs: 7 actions

logs:CreateLogGroup (Write)
logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
logs:DeleteLogStream (Write)
logs:GetLogEvents (Read)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)
logs:PutMetricFilter (Write)
logs:PutRetentionPolicy (Write)

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 6 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": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents",
        "logs:PutMetricFilter",
        "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
        "logs:GetLogEvents",
        "logs:DeleteLogStream"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2015-10-08. 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/service-role/AWSIoTLogging
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIoTLogging
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIoTLogging

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.