Setting up permissions for Amazon IoT Events - Amazon IoT Events
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Setting up permissions for Amazon IoT Events

Implementing proper permissions is important for secure and effective use of Amazon IoT Events. This section describes the permissions that are required to use some features of Amazon IoT Events. You can use Amazon CLI commands or the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) console to create roles and associated permission policies to access resources or perform certain functions in Amazon IoT Events.

The IAM User Guide has more detailed information about securely controlling permissions to access Amazon resources. For information specific to Amazon IoT Events, see Actions, resources, and condition keys for Amazon IoT Events.

To use the IAM console to create and manage roles and permissions, see IAM tutorial: Delegate access across Amazon accounts using IAM roles.

Note

Keys can be 1-128 characters and can include:

  • uppercase or lowercase letters a-z

  • numbers 0-9

  • special characters -, _, or :.