CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardAccess

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Summary

This policy provides user access to view OpenSearch dashboards on the CloudWatch Logs console.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardAccess
Default version: v3
Created: 2024-12-01
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: aoss, es, iam, logs, opensearch

Control-plane actions (15)

By access level: 5 List, 1 Permissions management, 8 Read, 1 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
OpenSearch Serverless	5 of 57	4 Read, 1 Write; 5 restricted, 5 conditional	aoss:APIAccessAll, aoss:BatchGetCollection, aoss:BatchGetLifecyclePolicy, aoss:GetAccessPolicy, aoss:GetSecurityPolicy
OpenSearch Service	3 of 138	1 List, 2 Read; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	es:GetApplication, es:GetDirectQueryDataSource, es:ListApplications
IAM	2 of 190	2 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:ListRoles, iam:ListUsers
CloudWatch Logs	3 of 133	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:DescribeLogGroups, logs:GetIntegration, logs:ListIntegrations
OpenSearch	2 of 11	1 Permissions management, 1 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	opensearch:ApplicationAccessAll, opensearch:GetDirectQuery

OpenSearch Serverless: 5 actions

aoss:APIAccessAll (Write)
aoss:BatchGetCollection (Read)
aoss:BatchGetLifecyclePolicy (Read)
aoss:GetAccessPolicy (Read)
aoss:GetSecurityPolicy (Read)

OpenSearch Service: 3 actions

es:GetApplication (Read)
es:GetDirectQueryDataSource (Read)
es:ListApplications (List)

IAM: 2 actions

iam:ListRoles (List)
iam:ListUsers (List)

CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions

logs:DescribeLogGroups (List)
logs:GetIntegration (Read)
logs:ListIntegrations (List)

OpenSearch: 2 actions

opensearch:ApplicationAccessAll (Permissions management)
opensearch:GetDirectQuery (Read)

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 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": "CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardsIntegration",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:ListIntegrations",
        "logs:GetIntegration",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "opensearch:ApplicationAccessAll",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsOpensearchReadAPIs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aoss:BatchGetCollection",
        "aoss:BatchGetLifecyclePolicy",
        "es:ListApplications"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "logs.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsAPIAccessAll",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aoss:APIAccessAll"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aoss:collection": "cloudwatch-logs-*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsDQSCollectionPolicyAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aoss:GetAccessPolicy",
        "aoss:GetSecurityPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "logs.amazonaws.com",
          "aoss:collection": "cloudwatch-logs-*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsApplicationResourceAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "es:GetApplication"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "logs.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceTag/OpenSearchIntegration": [
            "Dashboards"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsDQSResourceQueryAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "es:GetDirectQueryDataSource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:opensearch:*:*:datasource/cloudwatch_logs_*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "logs.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CloudWatchOpenSearchIntegration": [
            "Dashboards"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsDirectQueryStatusAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "opensearch:GetDirectQuery"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:opensearch:*:*:datasource/cloudwatch_logs_*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, 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/CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchOpenSearchDashboardAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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