# Identity and access management for AWS IoT Wireless AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an AWS service that helps an administrator securely control access to AWS resources. IAM administrators control who can be *authenticated* (signed in) and *authorized* (have permissions) to use AWS IoT Wireless resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use with no additional charge. **Topics** + [Audience](#security_iam_audience) + [Authenticating with identities](#security_iam_authentication) + [Managing access using policies](#security_iam_access-manage) + [How AWS IoT Wireless works with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam.md) + [AWS IoT Wireless identity-based policy examples](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md) + [AWS managed policies for AWS IoT Wireless](security-iam-awsmanpol.md) + [Troubleshooting AWS IoT Wireless identity and access](security_iam_troubleshoot.md) ## Audience How you use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) differs based on your role: + **Service user** - request permissions from your administrator if you cannot access features (see [Troubleshooting AWS IoT Wireless identity and access](security_iam_troubleshoot.md)) + **Service administrator** - determine user access and submit permission requests (see [How AWS IoT Wireless works with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam.md)) + **IAM administrator** - write policies to manage access (see [AWS IoT Wireless identity-based policy examples](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md)) ## Authenticating with identities Authentication is how you sign in to AWS using your identity credentials. You must be authenticated as the AWS account root user, an IAM user, or by assuming an IAM role. You can sign in as a federated identity using credentials from an identity source like AWS IAM Identity Center (IAM Identity Center), single sign-on authentication, or Google/Facebook credentials. For more information about signing in, see [How to sign in to your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/signin/latest/userguide/how-to-sign-in.html) in the *AWS Sign-In User Guide*. For programmatic access, AWS provides an SDK and CLI to cryptographically sign requests. For more information, see [AWS Signature Version 4 for API requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### AWS account root user When you create an AWS account, you begin with one sign-in identity called the AWS account *root user* that has complete access to all AWS services and resources. We strongly recommend that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks. For tasks that require root user credentials, see [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#root-user-tasks) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### IAM users and groups An *[IAM user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users.html)* is an identity with specific permissions for a single person or application. We recommend using temporary credentials instead of IAM users with long-term credentials. For more information, see [Require human users to use federation with an identity provider to access AWS using temporary credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-users-federation-idp) in the *IAM User Guide*. An [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_groups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_groups.html) specifies a collection of IAM users and makes permissions easier to manage for large sets of users. For more information, see [Use cases for IAM users](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/gs-identities-iam-users.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### IAM roles **Note** AWS IoT Wireless doesn't support service roles and service-linked roles. An *[IAM role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html)* is an identity with specific permissions that provides temporary credentials. You can assume a role by [switching from a user to an IAM role (console)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-console.html) or by calling an AWS CLI or AWS API operation. For more information, see [Methods to assume a role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_manage-assume.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. IAM roles are useful for federated user access, temporary IAM user permissions, cross-account access, cross-service access, and applications running on Amazon EC2. For more information, see [Cross account resource access in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies-cross-account-resource-access.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Managing access using policies You control access in AWS by creating policies and attaching them to AWS identities or resources. A policy defines permissions when associated with an identity or resource. AWS evaluates these policies when a principal makes a request. Most policies are stored in AWS as JSON documents. For more information about JSON policy documents, see [Overview of JSON policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html#access_policies-json) in the *IAM User Guide*. Using policies, administrators specify who has access to what by defining which **principal** can perform **actions** on what **resources**, and under what **conditions**. By default, users and roles have no permissions. An IAM administrator creates IAM policies and adds them to roles, which users can then assume. IAM policies define permissions regardless of the method used to perform the operation. ### Identity-based policies Identity-based policies are JSON permissions policy documents that you attach to an identity (user, group, or role). These policies control what actions identities can perform, on which resources, and under what conditions. To learn how to create an identity-based policy, see [Define custom IAM permissions with customer managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. Identity-based policies can be *inline policies* (embedded directly into a single identity) or *managed policies* (standalone policies attached to multiple identities). To learn how to choose between managed and inline policies, see [Choose between managed policies and inline policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies-choosing-managed-or-inline.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### Resource-based policies Resource-based policies are JSON policy documents that you attach to a resource. Examples include IAM *role trust policies* and Amazon S3 *bucket policies*. In services that support resource-based policies, service administrators can use them to control access to a specific resource. You must [specify a principal](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_principal.html) in a resource-based policy. Resource-based policies are inline policies that are located in that service. You can't use AWS managed policies from IAM in a resource-based policy. ### Access control lists (ACLs) Access control lists (ACLs) control which principals (account members, users, or roles) have permissions to access a resource. ACLs are similar to resource-based policies, although they do not use the JSON policy document format. Amazon S3, AWS WAF, and Amazon VPC are examples of services that support ACLs. To learn more about ACLs, see [Access control list (ACL) overview](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/acl-overview.html) in the *Amazon Simple Storage Service Developer Guide*. ### Other policy types AWS supports additional policy types that can set the maximum permissions granted by more common policy types: + **Permissions boundaries** – Set the maximum permissions that an identity-based policy can grant to an IAM entity. For more information, see [Permissions boundaries for IAM entities](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_boundaries.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + **Service control policies (SCPs)** – Specify the maximum permissions for an organization or organizational unit in AWS Organizations. For more information, see [Service control policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_scps.html) in the *AWS Organizations User Guide*. + **Resource control policies (RCPs)** – Set the maximum available permissions for resources in your accounts. For more information, see [Resource control policies (RCPs)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_rcps.html) in the *AWS Organizations User Guide*. + **Session policies** – Advanced policies passed as a parameter when creating a temporary session for a role or federated user. For more information, see [Session policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html#policies_session) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### Multiple policy types When multiple types of policies apply to a request, the resulting permissions are more complicated to understand. To learn how AWS determines whether to allow a request when multiple policy types are involved, see [Policy evaluation logic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_evaluation-logic.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. # How AWS IoT Wireless works with IAM Before you use IAM to manage access to AWS IoT Wireless, you should understand what IAM features are available to use with AWS IoT Wireless. To get a high-level view of how AWS IoT Wireless and other AWS services work with IAM, see [AWS Services That Work with IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_aws-services-that-work-with-iam.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. **IAM features you can use with AWS IoT Wireless** | IAM feature | AWS IoT Wireless support | | --- | --- | | [Identity-based policies](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies) | Yes | | [Resource-based policies](#security_iam_service-with-iam-resource-based-policies) | No | | [Policy actions](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions) | Yes | | [Policy resources](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-resources) | Yes | | [Policy condition keys](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-conditionkeys) | Yes | | [ACLs](#security_iam_service-with-iam-acls) | No | | [ABAC (tags in policies)](#security_iam_service-with-iam-tags) | Yes | | [Temporary credentials](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-tempcreds) | Yes | | [Principal permissions](#security_iam_service-with-iam-principal-permissions) | Yes | | [Service roles](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-service) | No | | [Service-linked roles](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-service-linked) | No | **Topics** + [AWS IoT Wireless Identity-based policies](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies) + [Resource-based policies within AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_service-with-iam-resource-based-policies) + [Policy actions](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions) + [Policy resources](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-resources) + [Condition keys](#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-conditionkeys) + [Access control lists (ACLs)](#security_iam_service-with-iam-acls) + [ABAC with AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_service-with-iam-tags) + [Using temporary credentials with AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-tempcreds) + [Cross-service principal permissions for AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_service-with-iam-principal-permissions) + [Service roles](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-service) + [Service-linked roles for AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-service-linked) ## AWS IoT Wireless Identity-based policies **Supports identity-based policies:** Yes Identity-based policies are JSON permissions policy documents that you can attach to an identity, such as an IAM user, group of users, or role. These policies control what actions users and roles can perform, on which resources, and under what conditions. To learn how to create an identity-based policy, see [Define custom IAM permissions with customer managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. With IAM identity-based policies, you can specify allowed or denied actions and resources as well as the conditions under which actions are allowed or denied. To learn about all of the elements that you can use in a JSON policy, see [IAM JSON policy elements reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ### Examples To view examples of AWS IoT Wireless identity-based policies, see [AWS IoT Wireless identity-based policy examples](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md). ## Resource-based policies within AWS IoT Wireless **Supports resource-based policies:** No Resource-based policies are JSON policy documents that you attach to a resource. Examples of resource-based policies are IAM *role trust policies* and Amazon S3 *bucket policies*. In services that support resource-based policies, service administrators can use them to control access to a specific resource. For the resource where the policy is attached, the policy defines what actions a specified principal can perform on that resource and under what conditions. You must [specify a principal](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_principal.html) in a resource-based policy. Principals can include accounts, users, roles, federated users, or AWS services. To enable cross-account access, you can specify an entire account or IAM entities in another account as the principal in a resource-based policy. For more information, see [Cross account resource access in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies-cross-account-resource-access.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Policy actions **Supports policy actions:** Yes Administrators can use AWS JSON policies to specify who has access to what. That is, which **principal** can perform **actions** on what **resources**, and under what **conditions**. The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to allow or deny access in a policy. Include actions in a policy to grant permissions to perform the associated operation. Policy actions in AWS IoT Wireless use the following prefix before the action: `iotwireless:`. For example, to grant someone permission to list all wireless devices registered in their AWS account with the `ListWirelessDevices` API operation, you include the `iotwireless:ListWirelessDevices` action in their policy. Policy statements must include either an `Action` or `NotAction` element. AWS IoT Wireless defines its own set of actions that describe tasks that you can perform with this service. To specify multiple actions in a single statement, separate them with commas as follows: ``` "Action": [ "iotwireless:ListMulticastGroups", "iotwireless:ListFuotaTasks" ] ``` You can specify multiple actions using wildcards (\$1). For example, to specify all actions that begin with the word `Get`, include the following action: ``` "Action": "iotwireless:Get*" ``` To see a list of AWS IoT Wireless actions, see [Actions Defined by AWS IoT Wireless ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/list_awsiotwireless.html#awsiotwireless-actions-as-permissions) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Policy resources **Supports policy resources:** Yes Administrators can use AWS JSON policies to specify who has access to what. That is, which **principal** can perform **actions** on what **resources**, and under what **conditions**. The `Resource` JSON policy element specifies the object or objects to which the action applies. As a best practice, specify a resource using its [Amazon Resource Name (ARN)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference-arns.html). For actions that don't support resource-level permissions, use a wildcard (\$1) to indicate that the statement applies to all resources. ``` "Resource": "*" ``` The AWS IoT Wireless service has the following ARN: ``` arn:${Partition}:iotwireless:${Region}:${Account}:${Resource}/${Resource-id} ``` For more information about the format of ARNs, see [Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html). For example, to specify the network analyzer configuration, `NAConfig1`, in your statement, use the following ARN: ``` "Resource": "arn:aws:iotwireless:us-east-1:123456789012:NetworkAnalyzerConfiguration/NAConfig1" ``` To specify all FUOTA tasks that belong to a specific account, use the wildcard (\$1): ``` "Resource": "arn:aws:iotwireless:us-east-1:123456789012:FuotaTask/*" ``` Some AWS IoT Wireless actions, such as those for listing resources, cannot be performed on a specific resource. In those cases, you must use the wildcard (\$1). ``` "Resource": "*" ``` Many AWS IoT Wireless API actions involve multiple resources. For example, `AssociateWirelessDeviceWithThing` associates a wireless device with an AWS IoT thing, so an IAM user must have permissions to use the device and an IoT thing. To specify multiple resources in a single statement, separate the ARNs with commas. ``` "Resource": [ "WirelessDevice", "thing" ``` To see a list of AWS IoT Wireless resource types and their ARNs, see [Resources Defined by AWS IoT Wireless ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/list_awsiotwireless.html#awsiotwireless-resources-for-iam-policies) in the *IAM User Guide*. To learn with which actions you can specify the ARN of each resource, see [Actions Defined by AWS IoT Wireless ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/list_awsiotwireless.html#awsiotwireless-actions-as-permissions). ## Condition keys **Supports service-specific policy condition keys:** Yes Administrators can use AWS JSON policies to specify who has access to what. That is, which **principal** can perform **actions** on what **resources**, and under what **conditions**. The `Condition` element specifies when statements execute based on defined criteria. You can create conditional expressions that use [condition operators](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition_operators.html), such as equals or less than, to match the condition in the policy with values in the request. To see all AWS global condition keys, see [AWS global condition context keys](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. AWS IoT Wireless defines its own set of condition keys and also supports using some global condition keys. To see all AWS global condition keys, see [AWS Global Condition Context Keys](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. To see a list of AWS IoT Wireless condition keys, see [Condition Keys for AWS IoT Wireless ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/list_awskeymanagementservice.html#awskeymanagementservice-policy-keys) in the *IAM User Guide*. To learn with which actions and resources you can use a condition key, see [Actions Defined by AWS IoT Wireless ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/list_awsiotwireless.html#awsiotwireless-actions-as-permissions) ## Access control lists (ACLs) **Supports ACLs:** No Access control lists (ACLs) control which principals (account members, users, or roles) have permissions to access a resource. ACLs are similar to resource-based policies, although they do not use the JSON policy document format. ## ABAC with AWS IoT Wireless **Supports ABAC (tags in policies):** Yes Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is an authorization strategy that defines permissions based on attributes called tags. You can attach tags to IAM entities and AWS resources, then design ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the tag on the resource. To control access based on tags, you provide tag information in the [condition element](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition.html) of a policy using the `aws:ResourceTag/key-name`, `aws:RequestTag/key-name`, or `aws:TagKeys` condition keys. If a service supports all three condition keys for every resource type, then the value is **Yes** for the service. If a service supports all three condition keys for only some resource types, then the value is **Partial**. For more information about ABAC, see [Define permissions with ABAC authorization](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_attribute-based-access-control.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. To view a tutorial with steps for setting up ABAC, see [Use attribute-based access control (ABAC)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/tutorial_attribute-based-access-control.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. You can attach tags to AWS IoT Wireless resources or pass tags in a request to AWS IoT Wireless. To control access based on tags, you provide tag information in the [condition element](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition.html) of a policy using the `YOUR-SERVICE-PREFIX:ResourceTag/key-name`, `aws:RequestTag/key-name`, or `aws:TagKeys` condition keys. For more information about tagging AWS IoT Wireless resources, see[Tagging your AWS IoT Wireless resources](tagging-iotwireless.md). ## Using temporary credentials with AWS IoT Wireless **Supports temporary credentials:** Yes Temporary credentials provide short-term access to AWS resources and are automatically created when you use federation or switch roles. AWS recommends that you dynamically generate temporary credentials instead of using long-term access keys. For more information, see [Temporary security credentials in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp.html) and [AWS services that work with IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_aws-services-that-work-with-iam.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Cross-service principal permissions for AWS IoT Wireless **Supports forward access sessions (FAS):** Yes Forward access sessions (FAS) use the permissions of the principal calling an AWS service, combined with the requesting AWS service to make requests to downstream services. For policy details when making FAS requests, see [Forward access sessions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_forward_access_sessions.html). ## Service roles **Supports service roles:** No A service role is an [IAM role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html) that a service assumes to perform actions on your behalf. An IAM administrator can create, modify, and delete a service role from within IAM. For more information, see [Create a role to delegate permissions to an AWS service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Service-linked roles for AWS IoT Wireless **Supports service-linked roles:** No A service-linked role is a type of service role that is linked to an AWS service. The service can assume the role to perform an action on your behalf. Service-linked roles appear in your AWS account and are owned by the service. An IAM administrator can view, but not edit the permissions for service-linked roles. # AWS IoT Wireless identity-based policy examples By default, IAM users and roles don't have permission to create or modify AWS IoT Wireless resources. They also can't perform tasks using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS API. An IAM administrator must create IAM policies that grant users and roles permission to perform specific API operations on the specified resources they need. The administrator must then attach those policies to the IAM users or groups that require those permissions. To learn how to create an IAM identity-based policy using these example JSON policy documents, see [Creating Policies on the JSON Tab](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create.html#access_policies_create-json-editor) in the *IAM User Guide*. **Topics** + [Policy best practices](#security_iam_service-with-iam-policy-best-practices) + [Using the AWS IoT Wireless console](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-console) + [Allow users to view their own permissions](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-view-own-permissions) + [Permissions required to perform AWS IoT Wireless wireless device actions](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-iot-wireless-resources) ## Policy best practices Identity-based policies determine whether someone can create, access, or delete AWS IoT Wireless resources in your account. These actions can incur costs for your AWS account. When you create or edit identity-based policies, follow these guidelines and recommendations: + **Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions** – To get started granting permissions to your users and workloads, use the *AWS managed policies* that grant permissions for many common use cases. They are available in your AWS account. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining AWS customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases. For more information, see [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies) or [AWS managed policies for job functions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_job-functions.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + **Apply least-privilege permissions** – When you set permissions with IAM policies, grant only the permissions required to perform a task. You do this by defining the actions that can be taken on specific resources under specific conditions, also known as *least-privilege permissions*. For more information about using IAM to apply permissions, see [ Policies and permissions in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + **Use conditions in IAM policies to further restrict access** – You can add a condition to your policies to limit access to actions and resources. For example, you can write a policy condition to specify that all requests must be sent using SSL. You can also use conditions to grant access to service actions if they are used through a specific AWS service, such as CloudFormation. For more information, see [ IAM JSON policy elements: Condition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + **Use IAM Access Analyzer to validate your IAM policies to ensure secure and functional permissions** – IAM Access Analyzer validates new and existing policies so that the policies adhere to the IAM policy language (JSON) and IAM best practices. IAM Access Analyzer provides more than 100 policy checks and actionable recommendations to help you author secure and functional policies. For more information, see [Validate policies with IAM Access Analyzer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access-analyzer-policy-validation.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + **Require multi-factor authentication (MFA)** – If you have a scenario that requires IAM users or a root user in your AWS account, turn on MFA for additional security. To require MFA when API operations are called, add MFA conditions to your policies. For more information, see [ Secure API access with MFA](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_configure-api-require.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. For more information about best practices in IAM, see [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## Using the AWS IoT Wireless console To access the AWS IoT Wireless console, you must have a minimum set of permissions. These permissions must allow you to list and view details about the AWS IoT Wireless resources in your AWS account. If you create an identity-based policy that is more restrictive than the minimum required permissions, the console won't function as intended for entities (IAM users or roles) with that policy. To ensure that those entities can still use the AWS IoT Wireless console, also attach the following AWS managed policy to the entities. For more information, see [Adding Permissions to a User](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_change-permissions.html#users_change_permissions-add-console) in the *IAM User Guide*: ``` AWSIoTWirelessFullAccess ``` You don't need to allow minimum console permissions for users that are making calls only to the AWS CLI or the AWS API. Instead, allow access to only the actions that match the API operation that you're trying to perform. ## Allow users to view their own permissions This example shows how you might create a policy that allows IAM users to view the inline and managed policies that are attached to their user identity. This policy includes permissions to complete this action on the console or programmatically using the AWS CLI or AWS API. ``` { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "ViewOwnUserInfo", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:GetUserPolicy", "iam:ListGroupsForUser", "iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies", "iam:ListUserPolicies", "iam:GetUser" ], "Resource": ["arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"] }, { "Sid": "NavigateInConsole", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:GetGroupPolicy", "iam:GetPolicyVersion", "iam:GetPolicy", "iam:ListAttachedGroupPolicies", "iam:ListGroupPolicies", "iam:ListPolicyVersions", "iam:ListPolicies", "iam:ListUsers" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## Permissions required to perform AWS IoT Wireless wireless device actions You can use conditions in your identity-based policy to control access to AWS IoT Wireless actions. This example shows how you might create a policy that allows creating and managing devices. However, permission is granted only if the thing tag `Owner` has the value of that user's user name. This policy also grants the permissions necessary to complete this action on the console. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [{ "Sid": "VisualEditor0", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iotwireless:CreateWirelessDevice", "iotwireless:GetWirelessDevice", "iotwireless:ListWirelessDevices", "iotwireless:UpdateWirelessDevice", "iotwireless:DeleteWirelessDevice" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` The policy has one statement that grants permission to use the `CreateWirelessDevice`, `GetWirelessDevice`, `ListWirelessDevices`, `UpdateWirelessDevice`, and `DeleteWirelessDevice` actions. AWS IoT Wireless calls these methods to create and manage your wireless devices. The policy doesn't specify the Principal element because you don't specify the principal who gets the permission in an identity-based policy. When you attach a policy to a user, the user is the implicit principal. When you attach a permissions policy to an IAM role, the principal identified in the role's trust policy gets the permissions. # AWS managed policies for AWS IoT Wireless To add permissions to users, groups, and roles, it is easier to use AWS managed policies than to write policies yourself. It takes time and expertise to [create IAM customer managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create-console.html) that provide your team with only the permissions they need. To get started quickly, you can use our AWS managed policies. These policies cover common use cases and are available in your AWS account. For more information about AWS managed policies, see [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies) in the *IAM User Guide*. AWS services maintain and update AWS managed policies. You can't change the permissions in AWS managed policies. Services occasionally add additional permissions to an AWS managed policy to support new features. This type of update affects all identities (users, groups, and roles) where the policy is attached. Services are most likely to update an AWS managed policy when a new feature is launched or when new operations become available. Services do not remove permissions from an AWS managed policy, so policy updates won't break your existing permissions. Additionally, AWS supports managed policies for job functions that span multiple services. For example, the **ReadOnlyAccess** AWS managed policy provides read-only access to all AWS services and resources. When a service launches a new feature, AWS adds read-only permissions for new operations and resources. For a list and descriptions of job function policies, see [AWS managed policies for job functions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_job-functions.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessDataAccess You can attach the `AWSIoTWirelessDataAccess` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow access to send data to LoRaWAN and Sidewalk devices using the `SendDataToWirelessDevice` API. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [AWSIoTWirelessDataAccess](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessDataAccess$jsonEditor?section=permissions). **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `iotwireless` – Retrieve AWS IoT Wireless data. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iotwireless:SendDataToWirelessDevice" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessFullAccess You can attach the `AWSIoTWirelessFullAccess` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow full access to all AWS IoT Wireless operations. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [AWSIoTWirelessFullAccess](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessFullAccess?section=permissions). **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `iotwireless` – Retrieve AWS IoT Wireless data and perform all AWS IoT Wireless operations. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iotwireless:*" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessFullPublishAccess You can attach the `AWSIoTWirelessFullPublishAccess` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow limited access to publish to AWS IoT rules on your behalf. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessFullPublishAccess?section=permissions](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessFullPublishAccess?section=permissions). **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `iot` – Perform operations that gets the endpoint URL and publishes to AWS IoT rules engine. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iot:DescribeEndpoint", "iot:Publish" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessLogging You can attach the `AWSIoTWirelessLogging` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow creation of Amazon CloudWatch Logs log groups and stream logs to the groups. This policy is attached to your CloudWatch logging role. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessLogging?section=permissions](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessLogging?section=permissions). **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `logs` – Retrieve CloudWatch logs. Also allows creation of CloudWatch Logs groups and stream logs to the groups. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "logs:CreateLogGroup", "logs:CreateLogStream", "logs:DescribeLogGroups", "logs:DescribeLogStreams", "logs:PutLogEvents" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/iotwireless*" } ] } ``` ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessReadOnlyAccess You can attach the `AWSIoTLogging` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow read-onlyaccess to AWS IoT Wireless operations. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessReadOnlyAccess?section=permissions](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessReadOnlyAccess?section=permissions). **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `logs` – Perform AWS IoT Wireless `List` and `Get` API operations. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iotwireless:List*", "iotwireless:Get*" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## AWS managed policy: AWSIoTWirelessGatewayCertManager You can attach the `AWSIoTWirelessGatewayCertManager` policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants the associated identity permissions that allow access to create, list, and describe AWS IoT certificates. To view this policy in the AWS Management Console, see [`AWSIoTWirelessGatewayCertManager`.](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iam/home#/policies/arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTWirelessGatewayCertManager?section=permissions) **Permissions details** This policy includes the following permissions. + `iot` – Perform actions that create, describe, and list certificates. **** ``` { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "IoTWirelessGatewayCertManager", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iot:CreateKeysAndCertificate", "iot:DescribeCertificate", "iot:ListCertificates" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } ``` ## AWS IoT Wireless; updates to AWS managed policies View details about updates to AWS managed policies for AWS IoT Wireless since this service began tracking these changes. For automatic alerts about changes to this page, subscribe to the RSS feed. | Change | Description | Date | | --- | --- | --- | | AWS IoT Wireless started tracking changes | AWS IoT Wireless started tracking changes for its AWS managed policies. | May 18, 2022 | # Troubleshooting AWS IoT Wireless identity and access Use the following information to help you diagnose and fix common issues that you might encounter when working with AWS IoT Wireless and IAM. **Topics** + [I Am Not Authorized to Perform an Action in AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_troubleshoot-no-permissions) + [I Want to View My Access Keys](#security_iam_troubleshoot-access-keys) + [I'm an Administrator and Want to Allow Others to Access AWS IoT Wireless](#security_iam_troubleshoot-admin-delegate) + [I Want to Allow People Outside of My AWS Account to Access My AWS IoT Wireless Resources](#security_iam_troubleshoot-cross-account-access) ## I Am Not Authorized to Perform an Action in AWS IoT Wireless If the AWS Management Console tells you that you're not authorized to perform an action, then you must contact your administrator for assistance. Your administrator is the person that provided you with your user name and password. The following example error occurs when the `mateojackson` IAM user tries to use the console to view details about a *WirelessDevice* but does not have `YOUR-SERVICE-PREFIX:GetWirelessDevice` permissions. ``` User: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/mateojackson is not authorized to perform: YOUR-SERVICE-PREFIX:GetWirelessDevice on resource: my-LoRaWAN-device ``` In this case, Mateo asks his administrator to update his policies to allow him to access the `my-LoRaWAN-device` resource using the `YOUR-SERVICE-PREFIX:GetWirelessDevice` action. ## I Want to View My Access Keys After you create your IAM user access keys, you can view your access key ID at any time. However, you can't view your secret access key again. If you lose your secret key, you must create a new access key pair. Access keys consist of two parts: an access key ID (for example, `AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE`) and a secret access key (for example, `wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY`). Like a user name and password, you must use both the access key ID and secret access key together to authenticate your requests. Manage your access keys as securely as you do your user name and password. **Important** Do not provide your access keys to a third party, even to help [find your canonical user ID](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-identifiers.html#FindCanonicalId). By doing this, you might give someone permanent access to your AWS account. When you create an access key pair, you are prompted to save the access key ID and secret access key in a secure location. The secret access key is available only at the time you create it. If you lose your secret access key, you must add new access keys to your IAM user. You can have a maximum of two access keys. If you already have two, you must delete one key pair before creating a new one. To view instructions, see [Managing access keys](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html#Using_CreateAccessKey) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## I'm an Administrator and Want to Allow Others to Access AWS IoT Wireless To allow others to access AWS IoT Wireless, you must grant permission to the people or applications that need access. If you are using AWS IAM Identity Center to manage people and applications, you assign permission sets to users or groups to define their level of access. Permission sets automatically create and assign IAM policies to IAM roles that are associated with the person or application. For more information, see [Permission sets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/permissionsetsconcept.html) in the *AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide*. If you are not using IAM Identity Center, you must create IAM entities (users or roles) for the people or applications that need access. You must then attach a policy to the entity that grants them the correct permissions in AWS IoT Wireless. After the permissions are granted, provide the credentials to the user or application developer. They will use those credentials to access AWS. To learn more about creating IAM users, groups, policies, and permissions, see [IAM Identities](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.html) and [Policies and permissions in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. ## I Want to Allow People Outside of My AWS Account to Access My AWS IoT Wireless Resources You can create a role that users in other accounts or people outside of your organization can use to access your resources. You can specify who is trusted to assume the role. For services that support resource-based policies or access control lists (ACLs), you can use those policies to grant people access to your resources. To learn more, consult the following: + To learn whether AWS IoT Wireless supports these features, see [How AWS IoT Wireless works with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam.md). + To learn how to provide access to your resources across AWS accounts that you own, see [Providing access to an IAM user in another AWS account that you own](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_common-scenarios_aws-accounts.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + To learn how to provide access to your resources to third-party AWS accounts, see [Providing access to AWS accounts owned by third parties](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_common-scenarios_third-party.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + To learn how to provide access through identity federation, see [Providing access to externally authenticated users (identity federation)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_common-scenarios_federated-users.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. + To learn the difference between using roles and resource-based policies for cross-account access, see [Cross account resource access in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies-cross-account-resource-access.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.