CloudWatchLogsAPIKeyAccess

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Summary

Grants permissions to call CloudWatch Logs using API key authentication.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsAPIKeyAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-02-20
Last edited: 2026-02-20
Services: kms, logs

Control-plane actions (5)

By access level: 1 Read, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
KMS	3 of 58	1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	kms:Decrypt, kms:DescribeKey, kms:GenerateDataKey
CloudWatch Logs	2 of 133	2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CallWithBearerToken, logs:PutLogEvents

KMS: 3 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)
kms:DescribeKey (Read)
kms:GenerateDataKey (Write)

CloudWatch Logs: 2 actions

logs:CallWithBearerToken (Write)
logs:PutLogEvents (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: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 4 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": "LogsAPIs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CallWithBearerToken",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSAPIs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:GenerateDataKey",
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "logs.*.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:logs:arn": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDescribeAPIs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "logs.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-02-20. 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/CloudWatchLogsAPIKeyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsAPIKeyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsAPIKeyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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