Identity-based policy examples for Amazon Managed Grafana

By default, users and roles don't have permission to create or modify Amazon Managed Grafana resources. They also can't perform tasks by using the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or AWS API. To grant users permission to perform actions on the resources that they need, an IAM administrator can create IAM policies. The administrator can then add the IAM policies to roles, and users can assume the roles.

To learn how to create an IAM identity-based policy by using these example JSON policy documents, see Creating IAM policies in the IAM User Guide.

For details about actions and resource types defined by Amazon Managed Grafana, including the format of the ARNs for each of the resource types, see Actions, resources, and condition keys for Amazon Managed Grafana in the Service Authorization Reference.

Policy best practices

Identity-based policies determine whether someone can create, access, or delete Amazon Managed Grafana resources in your account. These actions can incur costs for your AWS account. When you create or edit identity-based policies, follow these guidelines and recommendations:

• Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions – To get started granting permissions to your users and workloads, use the AWS managed policies that grant permissions for many common use cases. They are available in your AWS account. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining AWS customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases. For more information, see AWS managed policies or AWS managed policies for job functions in the IAM User Guide.

• Apply least-privilege permissions – When you set permissions with IAM policies, grant only the permissions required to perform a task. You do this by defining the actions that can be taken on specific resources under specific conditions, also known as least-privilege permissions. For more information about using IAM to apply permissions, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the IAM User Guide.

• Use conditions in IAM policies to further restrict access – You can add a condition to your policies to limit access to actions and resources. For example, you can write a policy condition to specify that all requests must be sent using SSL. You can also use conditions to grant access to service actions if they are used through a specific AWS service, such as AWS CloudFormation. For more information, see IAM JSON policy elements: Condition in the IAM User Guide.

• Use IAM Access Analyzer to validate your IAM policies to ensure secure and functional permissions – IAM Access Analyzer validates new and existing policies so that the policies adhere to the IAM policy language (JSON) and IAM best practices. IAM Access Analyzer provides more than 100 policy checks and actionable recommendations to help you author secure and functional policies. For more information, see IAM Access Analyzer policy validation in the IAM User Guide.

• Require multi-factor authentication (MFA) – If you have a scenario that requires IAM users or a root user in your AWS account, turn on MFA for additional security. To require MFA when API operations are called, add MFA conditions to your policies. For more information, see Configuring MFA-protected API access in the IAM User Guide.

For more information about best practices in IAM, see Security best practices in IAM in the IAM User Guide.

Using the Amazon Managed Grafana console

To access the console, you must have a minimum set of permissions. These permissions must allow you to list and view details about the resources in your AWS account. If you create an identity-based policy that is more restrictive than the minimum required permissions, the console won't function as intended for entities (users or roles) with that policy.

Sample policies for Amazon Managed Grafana

This section contains identity-based policies that are useful for several Amazon Managed Grafana scenarios.

Grafana administrator using SAML

If you use SAML for your user authentication, the administrator who creates and manages Amazon Managed Grafana needs the following policies:

• AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator or the equivalent permissions to create and manage Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces.

• The AWSMarketplaceManageSubscriptions policy or equivalent permissions, if you want to upgrade an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace to Grafana Enterprise.

Grafana administrator in a management account using IAM Identity Center

To grant permissions to create and manage Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces across an entire organization, and to enable dependencies such as IAM Identity Center, assign the AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, AWSSSOMasterAccountAdministrator and the AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator policies to a user. Additionally, to upgrade an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace to Grafana Enterprise, a user must have the AWSMarketplaceManageSubscriptions IAM policy or the equivalent permissions.

If you want to use service-managed permissions when you create an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace, the user who creates the workspace must also have the iam:CreateRole, iam:CreatePolicy, and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions. These are required to use AWS CloudFormation StackSets to deploy policies that enable you to read data sources in the organization's accounts.

Important

Granting a user the iam:CreateRole, iam:CreatePolicy, and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions gives that user full administrative access to your AWS account. For example, a user with these permissions can create a policy that has full permissions for all resources, and attach that policy to any role. Be very careful about who you grant these permissions to.

To see the permissions granted to AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, see AWS managed policy: AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator

Grafana administrator in a member account using IAM Identity Center

To grant permissions to create and manage Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces in the member account of an organization, assign the AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, AWSSSOMemberAccountAdministrator and the AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator policies to a user. Additionally, to upgrade an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace to Grafana Enterprise, a user must have the AWSMarketplaceManageSubscriptions IAM policy or the equivalent permissions.

If you want to use service-managed permissions when you create an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace, the user who creates the workspace must also have the iam:CreateRole, iam:CreatePolicy, and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions. These are required to enable the user to read data sources in the account.

Important

Granting a user the iam:CreateRole, iam:CreatePolicy, and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions gives that user full administrative access to your AWS account. For example, a user with these permissions can create a policy that has full permissions for all resources, and attach that policy to any role. Be very careful about who you grant these permissions to.

To see the permissions granted to AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, see AWS managed policy: AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator

Create and manage Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces and users in a single standalone account using IAM Identity Center

A standalone AWS account is an account that is not yet a member of an organization. For more information about organizations, see What is AWS Organizations?

To grant permissions to create and manage Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces and users in a standalone account, assign the AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, AWSSSOMasterAccountAdministrator, AWSOrganizationsFullAccess and AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator policies to a user. Additionally, to upgrade an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace to Grafana Enterprise, a user must have the AWSMarketplaceManageSubscriptions IAM policy or the equivalent permissions.

Important

Granting a user the iam:CreateRole, iam:CreatePolicy, and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions gives that user full administrative access to your AWS account. For example, a user with these permissions can create a policy that has full permissions for all resources, and attach that policy to any role. Be very careful about who you grant these permissions to.

To see the permissions granted to AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator, see AWS managed policy: AWSGrafanaAccountAdministrator

Assign and unassign users access to Amazon Managed Grafana

To grant permissions to manage other users' access to Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces in the account, including granting Grafana admin permissions to those users for the workspaces,assign the AWSGrafanaWorkspacePermissionManagementV2 policy to that user. If you are using IAM Identity Center to manage users in this workspace, the user also needs the AWSSSOReadOnly and AWSSSODirectoryReadOnly policies.

To see the permissions granted to AWSGrafanaWorkspacePermissionManagementV2, see AWS managed policy: AWSGrafanaWorkspacePermissionManagementV2

Amazon Managed Grafana read-only permissions

To grant permissions for read actions, such as listing and viewing workspaces and opening the Grafana workspace console, assign the AWSGrafanaConsoleReadOnlyAccess, AWSSSOReadOnly and AWSSSODirectoryReadOnly policies to a user or IAM role.

To see the permissions granted to AWSGrafanaConsoleReadOnlyAccess, see AWS managed policy: AWSGrafanaConsoleReadOnlyAccess .