AWSObservabilityAdminLogsCentralizationServiceRolePolicy

Description: Service-linked role permissions for CloudWatch Logs centralization

AWSObservabilityAdminLogsCentralizationServiceRolePolicy 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: September 15, 2025, 14:34 UTC

• Edited time: September 15, 2025, 14:34 UTC

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

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" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:Encrypt",
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : [
            "logs.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/LogsManaged" : "true"
        },
        "ArnLike" : {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:logs:arn" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "*"
    }
  ]
}

Learn more

• Understand versioning for IAM policies

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