transfer:DescribeHostKey

Read

transfer:DescribeHostKey is a Read access-level action in the transfer service. Grants permission to describe a host key associated with a server

Resource types

ARNs that transfer:DescribeHostKey can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:transfer:${Region}:${Account}:host-key/${ServerId}/${HostKeyId}
host-key

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants transfer:DescribeHostKey.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowTransferDescribeHostKey",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "transfer:DescribeHostKey",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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