AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess

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Summary

Allow the AWS X-Ray Daemon to relay raw trace segments data to the service's API and retrieve sampling data (rules, targets, etc.) to be used by the X-Ray SDK.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2018-08-28
Last edited: 2024-02-13
Services: xray

Control-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
X-Ray	2 of 32	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	xray:GetSamplingRules, xray:GetSamplingStatisticSummaries

X-Ray: 2 actions

xray:GetSamplingRules (Read)
xray:GetSamplingStatisticSummaries (Read)

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 Read, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
X-Ray	3 of 12	1 Read, 2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	xray:GetSamplingTargets, xray:PutTelemetryRecords, xray:PutTraceSegments

X-Ray: 3 actions

xray:GetSamplingTargets (Read)
xray:PutTelemetryRecords (Write)
xray:PutTraceSegments (Write)

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 2 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "xray:PutTraceSegments",
        "xray:PutTelemetryRecords",
        "xray:GetSamplingRules",
        "xray:GetSamplingTargets",
        "xray:GetSamplingStatisticSummaries"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2024-02-13. 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/AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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