sts:GetCallerIdentity

Read

sts:GetCallerIdentity is a Read access-level action in the sts service. Grants permission to obtain details about the IAM identity whose credentials are used to call the API

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 sts:GetCallerIdentity. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowStsGetCallerIdentity",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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