# AWSIoTConfigReadOnlyAccess
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**Description**: This policy gives read only access to the AWS IoT configuration actions

`AWSIoTConfigReadOnlyAccess` 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 `AWSIoTConfigReadOnlyAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: October 27, 2015, 21:52 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** September 27, 2019, 20:52 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTConfigReadOnlyAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v8 (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" : [
        "iot:DescribeAuthorizer",
        "iot:DescribeCACertificate",
        "iot:DescribeCertificate",
        "iot:DescribeDefaultAuthorizer",
        "iot:DescribeEndpoint",
        "iot:DescribeEventConfigurations",
        "iot:DescribeIndex",
        "iot:DescribeJob",
        "iot:DescribeJobExecution",
        "iot:DescribeRoleAlias",
        "iot:DescribeStream",
        "iot:DescribeThing",
        "iot:DescribeThingGroup",
        "iot:DescribeThingRegistrationTask",
        "iot:DescribeThingType",
        "iot:GetEffectivePolicies",
        "iot:GetIndexingConfiguration",
        "iot:GetJobDocument",
        "iot:GetLoggingOptions",
        "iot:GetOTAUpdate",
        "iot:GetPolicy",
        "iot:GetPolicyVersion",
        "iot:GetRegistrationCode",
        "iot:GetTopicRule",
        "iot:GetV2LoggingOptions",
        "iot:ListAttachedPolicies",
        "iot:ListAuthorizers",
        "iot:ListCACertificates",
        "iot:ListCertificates",
        "iot:ListCertificatesByCA",
        "iot:ListIndices",
        "iot:ListJobExecutionsForJob",
        "iot:ListJobExecutionsForThing",
        "iot:ListJobs",
        "iot:ListOTAUpdates",
        "iot:ListOutgoingCertificates",
        "iot:ListPolicies",
        "iot:ListPolicyPrincipals",
        "iot:ListPolicyVersions",
        "iot:ListPrincipalPolicies",
        "iot:ListPrincipalThings",
        "iot:ListRoleAliases",
        "iot:ListStreams",
        "iot:ListTargetsForPolicy",
        "iot:ListThingGroups",
        "iot:ListThingGroupsForThing",
        "iot:ListThingPrincipals",
        "iot:ListThingRegistrationTaskReports",
        "iot:ListThingRegistrationTasks",
        "iot:ListThings",
        "iot:ListThingsInThingGroup",
        "iot:ListThingTypes",
        "iot:ListTopicRules",
        "iot:ListV2LoggingLevels",
        "iot:SearchIndex",
        "iot:TestAuthorization",
        "iot:TestInvokeAuthorizer",
        "iot:DescribeAccountAuditConfiguration",
        "iot:DescribeAuditTask",
        "iot:ListAuditTasks",
        "iot:DescribeScheduledAudit",
        "iot:ListScheduledAudits",
        "iot:ListAuditFindings",
        "iot:DescribeSecurityProfile",
        "iot:ListSecurityProfiles",
        "iot:ListSecurityProfilesForTarget",
        "iot:ListTargetsForSecurityProfile",
        "iot:ListActiveViolations",
        "iot:ListViolationEvents",
        "iot:ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors"
      ],
      "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)