AWSObservabilityAdminTelemetryEnablementServiceRolePolicy

Description: Provides access to manage AWS Config recorder resource and telemetry settings on AWS resources including logs, metrics.

AWSObservabilityAdminTelemetryEnablementServiceRolePolicy is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

Policy details

• Type: Service-linked role policy

• Creation time: August 01, 2025, 18:04 UTC

• Edited time: August 01, 2025, 18:04 UTC

• ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSObservabilityAdminTelemetryEnablementServiceRolePolicy

Policy version

Policy version: v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "TelemetryOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeFlowLogs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:DescribeResourcePolicies",
        "logs:ListLogGroups"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TagOperationForEC2",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged" : "true",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "ec2:CreateAction" : "CreateFlowLogs"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TagOperationForLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged" : "true",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TelemetryOperationsForVPCLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateFlowLogs"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TelemetryOperationsForVPCFlowLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateFlowLogs"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-flow-log/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged" : "true",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TelemetryOperationsForLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteFlowLogs",
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:PutResourcePolicy",
        "logs:PutRetentionPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CloudWatchTelemetryRuleManaged" : "true",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMOperationsForConfigServiceLinkedRecorder",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : [
            "config.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "BoolIfExists" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ManagementOperationsForServiceLinkedRecorder",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "config:PutServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:DeleteServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:AssociateResourceTypes",
        "config:DisassociateResourceTypes"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:config:*:*:configuration-recorder/AWSConfigurationRecorderForObservabilityAdmin_TelemetryEnablement/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ReadOperationsForServiceLinkedRecorder",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "config:ConfigurationRecorderServicePrincipal" : [
            "telemetry-enablement.observabilityadmin.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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