# AWS Private CA API operations and permissions
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When you set up access control and permissions policies that you plan to attach to an IAM identity (identity-based policies), use the following table as a reference. The first column in the table lists each AWS Private CA API operation. You specify actions in a policy's `Action` element. The remaining columns provide the additional information.


| AWS Private CA API operations | Required permissions | Resources | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  [CreateCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_CreateCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthority` `acm-pca:TagCertificateAuthority` (Only required when creating a CA with tags.)  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [CreateCertificateAuthorityAuditReport](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_CreateCertificateAuthorityAuditReport.html)  |  `acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthorityAuditReport`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
| [CreatePermission](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_CreatePermission.html) | acm-pca:CreatePermission | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
|  [DeleteCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:DeleteCertificateAuthority`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
| [DeletePermission](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DeletePermission.html) | acm-pca:DeletePermission | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
| [DeletePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DeletePolicy.html) | acm-pca:DeletePolicy | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
|  [DescribeCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthority`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport.html)  |  `acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [GetCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificate.html)  |  `acm-pca:GetCertificate`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate.html)  |  `acm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [GetCertificateAuthorityCsr](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificateAuthorityCsr.html)  |  `acm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCsr`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
| [GetPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetPolicy.html) | acm-pca:GetPolicy | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
|  [ImportCertificateAuthorityCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ImportCertificateAuthorityCertificate.html)  |  `acm-pca:ImportCertificateAuthorityCertificate`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [IssueCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_IssueCertificate.html)  |  `acm-pca:IssueCertificate`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [ListCertificateAuthorities](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListCertificateAuthorities.html)  |  `acm-pca:ListCertificateAuthorities`  |  N/A  | 
| [ListPermissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListPermissions.html) | acm-pca:ListPermissions | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
|  [ListTags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListTags.html)  |  `acm-pca:ListTags`  |  N/A  | 
| [PutPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_PutPolicy.html) | acm-pca:PutPolicy | arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566 | 
|  [RevokeCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_RevokeCertificate.html)  |  `acm-pca:RevokeCertificate`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [TagCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_TagCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:TagCertificateAuthority`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [UntagCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_UntagCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:UntagCertificateAuthority`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 
|  [UpdateCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateCertificateAuthority.html)  |  `acm-pca:UpdateCertificateAuthority`  |  `arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566`  | 

To provide access, add permissions to your users, groups, or roles:
+ Users and groups in AWS IAM Identity Center:

  Create a permission set. Follow the instructions in [Create a permission set](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) in the *AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide*.
+ Users managed in IAM through an identity provider:

  Create a role for identity federation. Follow the instructions in [Create a role for a third-party identity provider (federation)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ IAM users:
  + Create a role that your user can assume. Follow the instructions in [Create a role for an IAM user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-user.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
  + (Not recommended) Attach a policy directly to a user or add a user to a user group. Follow the instructions in [Adding permissions to a user (console)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_change-permissions.html#users_change_permissions-add-console) in the *IAM User Guide*.