cloudformation:DescribeEvents

Read

cloudformation:DescribeEvents is a Read access-level action in the cloudformation service. Grants permission to return all related events for a specified operation

Resource types

ARNs that cloudformation:DescribeEvents can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:changeSet/${ChangeSetName}/${Id}
changeset
arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stack/${StackName}/${Id}
stack

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudformation:DescribeEvents.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cloudformation:DescribeEvents. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudformationDescribeEvents",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudformation:DescribeEvents",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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cloudformation:ActivateOrganizationsAccess Write cloudformation:ActivateType Write cloudformation:BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations Read cloudformation:CancelResourceRequest Write cloudformation:CancelUpdateStack Write cloudformation:ContinueUpdateRollback Write cloudformation:CreateChangeSet Write cloudformation:CreateGeneratedTemplate Write cloudformation:CreateResource Write cloudformation:CreateStack Write cloudformation:CreateStackInstances Write cloudformation:CreateStackRefactor Write

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