IAM permissions for Network Synthetic Monitor

To use Network Synthetic Monitor users must have the correct permissions.

For more information about security in Amazon CloudWatch, see Identity and access management for Amazon CloudWatch.

Permissions required to view a monitor

To view a monitor for Network Synthetic Monitor in the AWS Management Console, you must be signed in as a user or role that has the following permissions:

{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
                "networkmonitor:Get*",
                "networkmonitor:List*"
                ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Permissions required to create a monitor

To create a monitor in Network Synthetic Monitor, users must have permission to create a service-linked role that is associated with Network Synthetic Monitor. To learn more about the service-linked role, see Using a service-linked role for Network Synthetic Monitor.

To create a monitor for Network Synthetic Monitor in the AWS Management Console, you must be signed in as a user or role that has the permissions included in the following policy.

{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "networkmonitor:*"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/networkmonitor.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForNetworkMonitor",
            "Condition": {
                "StringLike": {
                    "iam:AWSServiceName": "networkmonitor.amazonaws.com"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:PutRolePolicy"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/networkmonitor.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForNetworkMonitor"
        },
        {
            "Action": [
                "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
                "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
                "ec2:CreateTags"
            ],
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}