VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccess

Summary

Provides read-only access to Amazon VPC Lattice via the AWS Management Console, and limited access to dependency services.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v4

Created

2023-03-30

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

acm, cloudwatch, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, firehose, lambda, logs, rds, s3, vpc-lattice

Control-plane actions (49)

By access level: 31 List, 18 Read.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

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 only List and Read actions.

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.

Related policies

Same service

• AdministratorAccess-AWSElasticBeanstalk
• AIDevOpsReleaseManagementVPCPolicy
• AmazonAppStreamServiceAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZoneEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectDeploymentPermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

Same domain

• AmazonAPIGatewayAdministrator
• AmazonAPIGatewayInvokeFullAccess
• AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForLoadBalancers
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForVpcLattice
• AmazonEKSClusterPolicy

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "vpc-lattice:Get*",
        "vpc-lattice:List*",
        "acm:DescribeCertificate",
        "acm:ListCertificates",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream",
        "firehose:ListDeliveryStreams",
        "lambda:ListAliases",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "lambda:ListVersionsByFunction",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:GetLogDelivery",
        "logs:ListLogDeliveries",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, 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 iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for VPCLatticeReadOnlyAccess
• Report a data issue