CloudWatchLogsFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to CloudWatch Logs

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsFullAccess
Default version: v8
Created: 2015-02-06
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: cloudwatch, logs, observabilityadmin

Control-plane actions (138)

By access level: 35 List, 2 Permissions management, 29 Read, 4 Tagging, 68 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	2 of 160	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GenerateQuery, cloudwatch:GenerateQueryResultsSummary
CloudWatch Logs	All 133 actions (see the CloudWatch Logs page)	33 List, 2 Permissions management, 26 Read, 4 Tagging, 68 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:*
CloudWatch Observability Admin	3 of 45	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	observabilityadmin:GetS3TableIntegration, observabilityadmin:ListS3TableIntegrations, observabilityadmin:ListTelemetryPipelines

CloudWatch: 2 actions

cloudwatch:GenerateQuery (Read)
cloudwatch:GenerateQueryResultsSummary (Read)

CloudWatch Observability Admin: 3 actions

observabilityadmin:GetS3TableIntegration (Read)
observabilityadmin:ListS3TableIntegrations (List)
observabilityadmin:ListTelemetryPipelines (List)

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: logs (70 of 70).

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": "CloudWatchLogsFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:*",
        "cloudwatch:GenerateQuery",
        "cloudwatch:GenerateQueryResultsSummary",
        "observabilityadmin:GetS3TableIntegration",
        "observabilityadmin:ListS3TableIntegrations",
        "observabilityadmin:ListTelemetryPipelines"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v8, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/CloudWatchLogsFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchLogsFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.