AWSLambdaKinesisExecutionRole

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Summary

Provides list and read access to Kinesis streams and write permissions to CloudWatch logs.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaKinesisExecutionRole
Default version: v2
Created: 2015-04-09
Last edited: 2018-11-19
Services: kinesis, logs

Control-plane actions (7)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Read, 3 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis	4 of 42	2 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesis:DescribeStream, kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary, kinesis:ListShards, kinesis:ListStreams
CloudWatch Logs	3 of 133	3 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogGroup, logs:CreateLogStream, logs:PutLogEvents

Kinesis: 4 actions

kinesis:DescribeStream (Read)
kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary (Read)
kinesis:ListShards (List)
kinesis:ListStreams (List)

CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions

logs:CreateLogGroup (Write)
logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 3 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Kinesis	3 of 5	3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kinesis:GetRecords, kinesis:GetShardIterator, kinesis:SubscribeToShard

Kinesis: 3 actions

kinesis:GetRecords (Read)
kinesis:GetShardIterator (Read)
kinesis:SubscribeToShard (Read)

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 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": [
        "kinesis:DescribeStream",
        "kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary",
        "kinesis:GetRecords",
        "kinesis:GetShardIterator",
        "kinesis:ListShards",
        "kinesis:ListStreams",
        "kinesis:SubscribeToShard",
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2018-11-19. 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/service-role/AWSLambdaKinesisExecutionRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaKinesisExecutionRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaKinesisExecutionRole

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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