cloudwatch:GetMetricStream

Read

cloudwatch:GetMetricStream is a Read access-level action in the cloudwatch service. Grants permission to return the details of a CloudWatch metric stream

Resource types

ARNs that cloudwatch:GetMetricStream can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:cloudwatch:${Region}:${Account}:metric-stream/${MetricStreamName}
metric-stream

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudwatch:GetMetricStream.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudwatchGetMetricStream",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudwatch:GetMetricStream",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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