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AWS Private CA API operations and permissions

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AWS Private CA API operations and permissions - AWS Private Certificate Authority

When you set up access control and permissions policies that you plan to attach to an IAM identity (identity-based policies), use the following table as a reference. The first column in the table lists each AWS Private CA API operation. You specify actions in a policy's Action element. The remaining columns provide the additional information.

AWS Private CA API operations Required permissions Resources

CreateCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:TagCertificateAuthority (Only required when creating a CA with tags.)

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

CreateCertificateAuthorityAuditReport

acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthorityAuditReport

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

CreatePermission acm-pca:CreatePermission arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

DeleteCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:DeleteCertificateAuthority

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

DeletePermission acm-pca:DeletePermission arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566
DeletePolicy acm-pca:DeletePolicy arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

DescribeCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthority

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport

acm-pca:DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

GetCertificate

acm-pca:GetCertificate

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate

acm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

GetCertificateAuthorityCsr

acm-pca:GetCertificateAuthorityCsr

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

GetPolicy acm-pca:GetPolicy arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

ImportCertificateAuthorityCertificate

acm-pca:ImportCertificateAuthorityCertificate

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

IssueCertificate

acm-pca:IssueCertificate

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

ListCertificateAuthorities

acm-pca:ListCertificateAuthorities

N/A

ListPermissions acm-pca:ListPermissions arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

ListTags

acm-pca:ListTags

N/A

PutPolicy acm-pca:PutPolicy arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

RevokeCertificate

acm-pca:RevokeCertificate

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

TagCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:TagCertificateAuthority

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

UntagCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:UntagCertificateAuthority

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

UpdateCertificateAuthority

acm-pca:UpdateCertificateAuthority

arn:aws:acm-pca:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate-authority/11223344-1234-1122-2233-112233445566

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