rds:DescribeEvents

List

rds:DescribeEvents is a List access-level action in the rds service. Grants permission to return events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

No condition keys are documented for this action.

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowRdsDescribeEvents",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "rds:DescribeEvents",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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