cloudwatch:ListMetrics is a List access-level action in the cloudwatch service. Grants permission to retrieve a list of valid metrics stored for the AWS account owner
ARNs that cloudwatch:ListMetrics can be scoped to in an IAM policy.
Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudwatch:ListMetrics.
Filters access by tags associated with the resource
A minimal policy that allows cloudwatch:ListMetrics. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "AllowCloudwatchListMetrics",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}