Setting up IAM permissions
By default, users and roles don't have permission to create or modify MediaPackage 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 MediaPackage, including the format of the ARNs for each of the resource types, see Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Elemental MediaPackage in the Service Authorization Reference.
This section describes the permissions that you must assign to users and other AWS identities so that they can work with MediaPackage and other AWS services that your workflows use. After you have identified the required permissions, you will be able to design and create the relevant policies, and attach those policies to groups of users or to roles.
This section assumes that you have already performed these tasks:
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You have performed the initial setup described in Preliminary steps for setting up in order to sign up for MediaPackage and to create an administrator.
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You have read the recommendations in Identity and Access Management for AWS Elemental MediaPackage about how to create administrators, users, and other AWS identities.
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