Managing LF-Tag permissions using the AWS CLI

To list LF-Tag permissions (AWS CLI)

• Enter a list-permissions command. You must be the LF-Tag creator, a data lake administrator, or have the Drop, Alter, Describe, Associate, Grant with LF-Tag permissions permission on a LF-Tag to see it.

  The following command requests all LF-Tags that you have permissions on.

  aws lakeformation list-permissions --resource-type LF_TAG

  The following is sample output for a data lake administrator, who sees all LF-Tags granted to all principals. Non-administrative users see only LF-Tags granted to them. LF-Tag permissions granted from an external account appear on a separate results page. To see them, repeat the command and supply the --next-token argument with the token returned from the previous command run.

  {
      "PrincipalResourcePermissions": [
          {
              "Principal": {
                  "DataLakePrincipalIdentifier": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_admin"
              },
              "Resource": {
                  "LFTag": {
                      "CatalogId": "111122223333",
                      "TagKey": "environment",
                      "TagValues": [
                          "*"
                      ]
                  }
              },
              "Permissions": [
                  "ASSOCIATE"
              ],
              "PermissionsWithGrantOption": [
                  "ASSOCIATE"
              ]
          },
          {
              "Principal": {
                  "DataLakePrincipalIdentifier": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_user1"
              },
              "Resource": {
                  "LFTag": {
                      "CatalogId": "111122223333",
                      "TagKey": "module",
                      "TagValues": [
                          "Orders",
                          "Sales"
                      ]
                  }
              },
              "Permissions": [
                  "DESCRIBE"
              ],
              "PermissionsWithGrantOption": []
          },
  ...
      ],
      "NextToken": "eyJzaG91bGRRdWVy...Wlzc2lvbnMiOnRydWV9"
  }
  
  

  You can list all grants for a specific LF-Tag key. The following command returns all permissions granted on the LF-Tag module.

  aws lakeformation list-permissions --resource-type LF_TAG --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'

  You can also list LF-Tag values granted to a specific principal for a specific LF-Tag. When supplying the --principal argument, you must supply the --resource argument. Therefore, the command can only effectively request the values granted to a specific principal for a specific LF-Tag key. The following command shows how to do this for the principal datalake_user1 and the LF-Tag key module.

  aws lakeformation list-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_user1 --resource-type LF_TAG --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'

  The following is sample output.

  {
      "PrincipalResourcePermissions": [
          {
              "Principal": {
                  "DataLakePrincipalIdentifier": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_user1"
              },
              "Resource": {
                  "LFTag": {
                      "CatalogId": "111122223333",
                      "TagKey": "module",
                      "TagValues": [
                          "Orders",
                          "Sales"
                      ]
                  }
              },
              "Permissions": [
                  "ASSOCIATE"
              ],
              "PermissionsWithGrantOption": []
          }
      ]
  }

To grant permissions on LF-Tags (AWS CLI)

1. Enter a command similar to the following. This example grants to user datalake_user1 the Associate permission on the LF-Tag with the key module. It grants permissions to view and assign all values for that key, as indicated by the asterisk (*).

   aws lakeformation grant-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_user1 --permissions "ASSOCIATE" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'

   Granting the Associate permission implicitly grants the Describe permission.

   The next example grants Associate to the external AWS account 1234-5678-9012 on the LF-Tag with the key module, with the grant option. It grants permissions to view and assign only the values sales and orders.

   aws lakeformation grant-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=123456789012 --permissions "ASSOCIATE" --permissions-with-grant-option "ASSOCIATE" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["sales", "orders"]}}'

2. Granting the GrantWithLFTagExpression permission implicitly grants the Describe permission.

   The next example grants GrantWithLFTagExpression to a user on the LF-Tag with the key module, with the grant option. It grants permissions to view and grant permissions on Data Catalog resources using only the values sales and orders.

   aws lakeformation grant-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=111122223333 --permissions "GrantWithLFTagExpression" --permissions-with-grant-option "GrantWithLFTagExpression" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["sales", "orders"]}}'

3. The next example grants Drop permissions to a user on the LF-Tag with the key module, with the grant option. It grants permissions to delete the LF-Tag. To delete a LF-Tag, you need permissions on all values for that key.

   aws lakeformation grant-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=111122223333 --permissions "DROP" --permissions-with-grant-option "DROP" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'

4. The next example grants Alter permissions to the user on the LF-Tag with the key module, with the grant option. It grants permissions to delete the LF-Tag. To update a LF-Tag, you need permissions on all values for that key.

   aws lakeformation grant-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=111122223333 --permissions "ALTER" --permissions-with-grant-option "ALTER" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'

To revoke permissions on LF-Tags (AWS CLI)

• Enter a command similar to the following. This example revokes the Associate permission on the LF-Tag with the key module from user datalake_user1.

  aws lakeformation revoke-permissions --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/datalake_user1 --permissions "ASSOCIATE" --resource '{ "LFTag": {"CatalogId":"111122223333","TagKey":"module","TagValues":["*"]}}'