AWSMSKReplicatorExecutionRole

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Summary

Grants permissions to Amazon MSK Replicator to replicate data between MSK Clusters.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMSKReplicatorExecutionRole
Default version: v2
Created: 2023-12-06
Last edited: 2024-03-25
Services: kafka-cluster

Control-plane actions (13)

By access level: 4 List, 1 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Apache Kafka APIs for MSK	13 of 19	4 List, 1 Read, 8 Write; 13 restricted, 0 conditional	kafka-cluster:AlterCluster, kafka-cluster:AlterGroup, kafka-cluster:AlterTopic, kafka-cluster:AlterTopicDynamicConfiguration, kafka-cluster:Connect, kafka-cluster:CreateTopic, kafka-cluster:DescribeCluster, kafka-cluster:DescribeGroup, kafka-cluster:DescribeTopic, kafka-cluster:DescribeTopicDynamicConfiguration, kafka-cluster:ReadData, kafka-cluster:WriteData and 1 more

Apache Kafka APIs for MSK: 13 actions

kafka-cluster:AlterCluster (Write)
kafka-cluster:AlterGroup (Write)
kafka-cluster:AlterTopic (Write)
kafka-cluster:AlterTopicDynamicConfiguration (Write)
kafka-cluster:Connect (Write)
kafka-cluster:CreateTopic (Write)
kafka-cluster:DescribeCluster (List)
kafka-cluster:DescribeGroup (List)
kafka-cluster:DescribeTopic (List)
kafka-cluster:DescribeTopicDynamicConfiguration (List)
kafka-cluster:ReadData (Read)
kafka-cluster:WriteData (Write)
kafka-cluster:WriteDataIdempotently (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: 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.

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.

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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": [
    {
      "Sid": "ClusterPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kafka-cluster:Connect",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeCluster",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterCluster",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:CreateTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:WriteData",
        "kafka-cluster:ReadData",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterGroup",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeGroup",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeTopicDynamicConfiguration",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterTopicDynamicConfiguration",
        "kafka-cluster:WriteDataIdempotently"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kafka:*:*:cluster/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TopicPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:CreateTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterTopic",
        "kafka-cluster:WriteData",
        "kafka-cluster:ReadData",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeTopicDynamicConfiguration",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterTopicDynamicConfiguration",
        "kafka-cluster:AlterCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kafka:*:*:topic/*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GroupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kafka-cluster:AlterGroup",
        "kafka-cluster:DescribeGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kafka:*:*:group/*/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2024-03-25. 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/AWSMSKReplicatorExecutionRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMSKReplicatorExecutionRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMSKReplicatorExecutionRole

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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