Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS App Mesh

AWS App Mesh (service prefix: appmesh) provides the following service-specific resources, actions, and condition context keys for use in IAM permission policies.

References:

• Learn how to configure this service.

• View a list of the API operations available for this service.

• Learn how to secure this service and its resources by using IAM permission policies.

Actions defined by AWS App Mesh

You can specify the following actions in the Action element of an IAM policy statement. Use policies to grant permissions to perform an operation in AWS. When you use an action in a policy, you usually allow or deny access to the API operation or CLI command with the same name. However, in some cases, a single action controls access to more than one operation. Alternatively, some operations require several different actions.

The Resource types column indicates whether each action supports resource-level permissions. If there is no value for this column, you must specify all resources ("*") in the Resource element of your policy statement. If the column includes a resource type, then you can specify an ARN of that type in a statement with that action. Required resources are indicated in the table with an asterisk (*). If you specify a resource-level permission ARN in a statement using this action, then it must be of this type. Some actions support multiple resource types. If the resource type is optional (not indicated as required), then you can choose to use one but not the other.

For details about the columns in the following table, see The actions table.

Actions	Description	Access level	Resource types (*required)	Condition keys	Dependent actions
CreateGatewayRoute	Creates a gateway route that is associated with a virtual gateway.	Write	gatewayRoute*
			virtualService
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateMesh	Creates a service mesh.	Write	mesh*
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateRoute	Creates a route that is associated with a virtual router.	Write	route*
			virtualNode
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateVirtualGateway	Creates a virtual gateway within a service mesh.	Write	virtualGateway*
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateVirtualNode	Creates a virtual node within a service mesh.	Write	virtualNode*
			virtualService
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateVirtualRouter	Creates a virtual router within a service mesh.	Write	virtualRouter*
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateVirtualService	Creates a virtual service within a service mesh.	Write	virtualService*
			virtualNode
			virtualRouter
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
DeleteGatewayRoute	Deletes an existing gateway route.	Write	gatewayRoute*
DeleteMesh	Deletes an existing service mesh.	Write	mesh*
DeleteRoute	Deletes an existing route.	Write	route*
DeleteVirtualGateway	Deletes an existing virtual gateway.	Write	virtualGateway*
DeleteVirtualNode	Deletes an existing virtual node.	Write	virtualNode*
DeleteVirtualRouter	Deletes an existing virtual router.	Write	virtualRouter*
DeleteVirtualService	Deletes an existing virtual service.	Write	virtualService*
DescribeGatewayRoute	Describes an existing gateway route.	Read	gatewayRoute*
DescribeMesh	Describes an existing service mesh.	Read	mesh*
DescribeRoute	Describes an existing route.	Read	route*
DescribeVirtualGateway	Describes an existing virtual gateway.	Read	virtualGateway*
DescribeVirtualNode	Describes an existing virtual node.	Read	virtualNode*
DescribeVirtualRouter	Describes an existing virtual router.	Read	virtualRouter*
DescribeVirtualService	Describes an existing virtual service.	Read	virtualService*
ListGatewayRoutes	Returns a list of existing gateway routes in a service mesh.	List	virtualGateway*
ListMeshes	Returns a list of existing service meshes.	List
ListRoutes	Returns a list of existing routes in a service mesh.	List	virtualRouter*
ListTagsForResource	List the tags for an App Mesh resource.	List	gatewayRoute
			mesh
			route
			virtualGateway
			virtualNode
			virtualRouter
			virtualService
ListVirtualGateways	Returns a list of existing virtual gateways in a service mesh.	List	mesh*
ListVirtualNodes	Returns a list of existing virtual nodes.	List	mesh*
ListVirtualRouters	Returns a list of existing virtual routers in a service mesh.	List	mesh*
ListVirtualServices	Returns a list of existing virtual services in a service mesh.	List	mesh*
StreamAggregatedResources	Allows an Envoy Proxy to receive streamed resources for an App Mesh endpoint (VirtualNode or VirtualGateway).	Read	virtualGateway
			virtualNode
TagResource	Associates the specified tags to a resource with the specified resourceArn.	Write	gatewayRoute
			mesh
			route
			virtualGateway
			virtualNode
			virtualRouter
			virtualService
				aws:TagKeys aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
UntagResource	Deletes specified tags from a resource.	Write	gatewayRoute
			mesh
			route
			virtualGateway
			virtualNode
			virtualRouter
			virtualService
				aws:TagKeys
UpdateGatewayRoute	Updates an existing gateway route for a specified service mesh and virtual gateway.	Write	gatewayRoute*
			virtualService
UpdateMesh	Updates an existing service mesh.	Write	mesh*
UpdateRoute	Updates an existing route for a specified service mesh and virtual router.	Write	route*
			virtualNode
UpdateVirtualGateway	Updates an existing virtual gateway in a specified service mesh.	Write	virtualGateway*
UpdateVirtualNode	Updates an existing virtual node in a specified service mesh.	Write	virtualNode*
UpdateVirtualRouter	Updates an existing virtual router in a specified service mesh.	Write	virtualRouter*
UpdateVirtualService	Updates an existing virtual service in a specified service mesh.	Write	mesh*
			virtualNode
			virtualRouter

Resource types defined by AWS App Mesh

The following resource types are defined by this service and can be used in the Resource element of IAM permission policy statements. Each action in the Actions table identifies the resource types that can be specified with that action. A resource type can also define which condition keys you can include in a policy. These keys are displayed in the last column of the table. For details about the columns in the following table, see The resource types table.

Resource types	ARN	Condition keys
mesh	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
virtualService	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualService/${VirtualServiceName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
virtualNode	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualNode/${VirtualNodeName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
virtualRouter	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualRouter/${VirtualRouterName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
route	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualRouter/${VirtualRouterName}/route/${RouteName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
virtualGateway	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualGateway/${VirtualGatewayName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
gatewayRoute	arn:${Partition}:appmesh:${Region}:${Account}:mesh/${MeshName}/virtualGateway/${VirtualGatewayName}/gatewayRoute/${GatewayRouteName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

Condition keys for AWS App Mesh

AWS App Mesh defines the following condition keys that can be used in the Condition element of an IAM policy. You can use these keys to further refine the conditions under which the policy statement applies. For details about the columns in the following table, see The condition keys table.

To view the global condition keys that are available to all services, see Available global condition keys.

Condition keys	Description	Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}	Filters actions based on the presence of tag key-value pairs in the request.	String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}	Filters actions based on tag key-value pairs attached to the resource.	String
aws:TagKeys	Filters actions based on the presence of tag keys in the request.	String