glue:DescribeEntity

Permissions management

glue:DescribeEntity is a Permissions management access-level action in the glue service. Grants permission to describe entity in glue studio

Resource types

ARNs that glue:DescribeEntity can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:glue:${Region}:${Account}:connection/${ConnectionName}
connection
arn:${Partition}:glue:${Region}:${Account}:catalog
rootcatalog
arn:${Partition}:glue:${Region}:${Account}:connectionType:${ConnectionTypeName}
connectionType

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants glue:DescribeEntity.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by tag key-value pairs attached to the resource

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGlueDescribeEntity",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "glue:DescribeEntity",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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