cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary

Read

cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary is a Read access-level action in the cloudformation service. Grants permission to return information about a new or existing template

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stack/${StackName}/${Id}
stack
arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stackset/${StackSetName}:${Id}
stackset

Condition keys

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

cloudformation:TemplateUrl String

Filters access by an Amazon S3 template URL. Use to control which templates IAM users can use when they create or update stacks

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

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

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

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