kinesis:DescribeStream

Read

kinesis:DescribeStream is a Read access-level action in the kinesis service. Grants permission to describe the specified stream

Resource types

ARNs that kinesis:DescribeStream can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:kinesis:${Region}:${Account}:stream/${StreamName}
stream

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants kinesis:DescribeStream.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKinesisDescribeStream",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kinesis:DescribeStream",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Related actions in kinesis

kinesis:AddTagsToStream Tagging kinesis:CreateStream Write kinesis:DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriod Write kinesis:DeleteResourcePolicy Write kinesis:DeleteStream Write kinesis:DeregisterStreamConsumer Write kinesis:DescribeAccountSettings Read kinesis:DescribeLimits Read kinesis:DescribeStreamConsumer Read kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary Read kinesis:DisableEnhancedMonitoring Write kinesis:EnableEnhancedMonitoring Write

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