ecr:DescribeRepositories

Read

ecr:DescribeRepositories is a Read access-level action in the ecr service. Grants permission to describe image repositories in a registry

Resource types

ARNs that ecr:DescribeRepositories can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ecr:${Region}:${Account}:repository/${RepositoryName}
repository

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ecr:DescribeRepositories.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by tag-value associated with the resource

ecr:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by tag-value associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEcrDescribeRepositories",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ecr:DescribeRepositories",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Related actions in ecr

ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability Read ecr:BatchDeleteImage Write ecr:BatchGetImage Read ecr:BatchGetRepositoryScanningConfiguration Read ecr:BatchImportUpstreamImage Write ecr:CompleteLayerUpload Write ecr:CreatePullThroughCacheRule Write ecr:CreateRepository Write ecr:CreateRepositoryCreationTemplate Write ecr:DeleteLifecyclePolicy Write ecr:DeletePullThroughCacheRule Write ecr:DeleteRegistryPolicy Permissions management

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