# AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess
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**Description**: Provides read-only access to AWS Elemental MediaConnect resources.

`AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: February 12, 2025, 20:07 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 17:58 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElementalMediaConnectReadOnlyAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v3 (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
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "mediaconnect:ListBridges",
        "mediaconnect:ListEntitlements",
        "mediaconnect:ListFlows",
        "mediaconnect:ListGatewayInstances",
        "mediaconnect:ListGateways",
        "mediaconnect:ListOfferings",
        "mediaconnect:ListReservations",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeBridge",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlow",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceMetadata",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeFlowSourceThumbnail",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeGateway",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeGatewayInstance",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeOffering",
        "mediaconnect:DescribeReservation",
        "mediaconnect:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)