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IAM actions by role

IAM actions by role

IBM Cloud® Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables you to securely authenticate users and control access to all cloud resources consistently in the IBM Cloud. Access to IBM Cloud Logs instances for users in your account is controlled by IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM). Different roles allow for different actions.

Manager role

IAM actions available for the Manager role
Action Description
logs.data-usage.read View instance data usage metrics.
logs.data-usage.manage Manage instance data usage metrics.
logs.data-usage.export Export data usage.
logs.team-members.read Read the list of users.
logs.data-access-restriction-rule.read Read scopes.
logs.data-access-restriction-rule.manage Manage scopes.
logs.shared-action.read Read shared actions.
logs.shared-action.manage Manage shared actions.
logs.shared-action.execute Run shared actions.
logs.private-action.read Read private actions.
logs.private-action.manage Manage private actions.
logs.private-action.execute Run private actions.
logs.alert-config.read Read alert definitions.
logs.alert-config.manage Manage alert definitions.
logs.alert.snooze Snooze or unsnooze an alert.
logs.logs-alert.read Read logs alerts definitions.
logs.logs-alert.manage Manage logs alerts definitions.
logs.metrics-alert.read Read metrics alerts definitions.
logs.metrics-alert.manage Define and modify metrics alerts settings.
logs.alerts-map.read View visualized alerts in alerts map.
logs.shared-view.read Read shared views.
logs.shared-view.manage Manage shared views.
logs.private-view.read Read private views.
logs.private-view.manage Manage private views.
logs.shared-dashboard.read View custom shared dashboard widgets.
logs.shared-dashboard.manage Manage custom shared dashboard widgets.
logs.private-dashboard.read View custom private dashboard widgets.
logs.private-dashboard.manage Manage custom private dashboard widgets.
logs.data-map.read Read DataMap configurations.
logs.data-map.manage Manage DataMap configurations.
logs.logs-tco-policy.read View existing logs TCO policies.
logs.logs-tco-policy.manage View and modify existing logs TCO policies and create new ones.
logs.geo-enrichment.read Read geo-enrichment configuration.
logs.geo-enrichment.manage Manage geo-enrichment configuration.
logs.security-enrichment.read Read security enrichment configuration.
logs.security-enrichment.manage Manage security enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment.read Read custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment.manage Manage custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment-data.read Read data for custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment-data.manage Manage data for custom enrichment configuration.
logs.incident.read View events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.acknowledge Acknowledge events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.snooze Snooze events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.assign Assign an event in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.close Manually resolve events in triggered alerts.
logs.extension.read View extension packages.
logs.extension.manage Deploy, undeploy, and update extension packages.
logs.livetail.read Read livetail data.
logs.logs-data-analytics-high.read Read analytics data for logs in high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.logs-data-analytics-low.read Read analytics data for logs in low-tier (Store and search).
logs.metrics-data-analytics-high.read Read analytics of metrics in the form of mapping statistics in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.metrics-data-analytics-low.read Read analytics of metrics in the form of mapping statistics in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.logs-data-api-high.read Query logs in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.logs-data-api-low.read Query logs in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.metrics-data-api-high.read Query metrics in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.metrics-data-api-low.read Query metrics in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.data-ingress.send Send logs data.
logs.parsing-rule.read Read parsing rules.
logs.parsing-rule.manage Create, modify, and remove parsing rules.
logs.events2metrics.read View Events to Metrics configuration when the source input is logs.
logs.events2metrics.manage Configure or modify the configuration for Events to Metrics, when the source input is logs.
logs.version-benchmark-tags.manage Manage version benchmark tags.
logs.version-benchmark-tags.read Read version benchmark tags.
logs.version-benchmark-report.read Read version benchmark reports.
logs.suppression-rule.read Read suppression rules.
logs.suppression-rule.manage Manage suppression rules.
logs.webhook.read View generic outbound webhooks configuration.
logs.webhook.manage Create and modify the configuration for outbound webhooks.
logs.legacy-archive-query.execute Query data from the archive.
logs.legacy-archive-query.reindex Re-index archive queries.

Writer role

IAM actions available for the Writer role
Action Description
logs.data-usage.read View instance data usage metrics.
logs.data-usage.export Export data usage.
logs.data-access-restriction-rule.read Read scopes.
logs.shared-action.read Read shared actions.
logs.shared-action.manage Manage shared actions.
logs.shared-action.execute Run shared actions.
logs.private-action.read Read private actions.
logs.private-action.manage Manage private actions.
logs.private-action.execute Run private actions.
logs.alert-config.read Read alert definitions.
logs.alert-config.manage Manage alert definitions.
logs.alert.snooze Snooze or unsnooze an alert.
logs.logs-alert.read Read logs alerts definitions.
logs.logs-alert.manage Manage logs alerts definitions.
logs.metrics-alert.read Read metrics alerts definitions.
logs.metrics-alert.manage Define and modify metrics alerts settings.
logs.alerts-map.read View visualized alerts in alerts map.
logs.shared-view.read Read shared views.
logs.shared-view.manage Manage shared views.
logs.private-view.read Read private views.
logs.private-view.manage Manage private views.
logs.shared-dashboard.read View custom shared dashboard widgets.
logs.shared-dashboard.manage Manage custom shared dashboard widgets.
logs.private-dashboard.read View custom private dashboard widgets.
logs.private-dashboard.manage Manage custom private dashboard widgets.
logs.data-map.read Read DataMap configurations.
logs.data-map.manage Manage DataMap configurations.
logs.logs-tco-policy.read View existing logs TCO policies.
logs.geo-enrichment.read Read geo-enrichment configuration.
logs.security-enrichment.read Read security enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment.read Read custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment.manage Manage custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment-data.read Read data for custom enrichment configuration.
logs.custom-enrichment-data.manage Manage data for custom enrichment configuration.
logs.incident.read View events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.acknowledge Acknowledge events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.snooze Snooze events in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.assign Assign an event in triggered alerts.
logs.incident.close Manually resolve events in triggered alerts.
logs.extension.read View extension packages.
logs.extension.manage Deploy, undeploy, and update extension packages.
logs.livetail.read Read livetail data.
logs.logs-data-analytics-high.read Read analytics data for logs in high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.logs-data-analytics-low.read Read analytics data for logs in low-tier (Store and search).
logs.metrics-data-analytics-high.read Read analytics of metrics in the form of mapping statistics in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.metrics-data-analytics-low.read Read analytics of metrics in the form of mapping statistics in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.logs-data-api-high.read Query logs in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.logs-data-api-low.read Query logs in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.metrics-data-api-high.read Query metrics in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.metrics-data-api-low.read Query metrics in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.data-ingress.send Send logs data.
logs.parsing-rule.read Read parsing rules.
logs.parsing-rule.manage Create, modify, and remove parsing rules.
logs.events2metrics.read View Events to Metrics configuration when the source input is logs.
logs.version-benchmark-tags.read Read version benchmark tags.
logs.version-benchmark-report.read Read version benchmark reports.
logs.suppression-rule.read Read suppression rules.
logs.suppression-rule.manage Manage suppression rules.
logs.webhook.read View generic outbound webhooks configuration.
logs.webhook.manage Create and modify the configuration for outbound webhooks.
logs.legacy-archive-query.execute Query data from the archive.
logs.legacy-archive-query.reindex Re-index archive queries.

Reader role

IAM actions available for the Reader role
Action Description
logs.data-usage.read View instance data usage metrics.
logs.shared-action.read Read shared actions.
logs.shared-action.execute Run shared actions.
logs.alert-config.read Read alert definitions.
logs.logs-alert.read Read logs alerts definitions.
logs.metrics-alert.read Read metrics alerts definitions.
logs.alerts-map.read View visualized alerts in alerts map.
logs.shared-view.read Read shared views.
logs.shared-dashboard.read View custom shared dashboard widgets.
logs.data-map.read Read DataMap configurations.
logs.custom-enrichment-data.read Read data for custom enrichment configuration.
logs.incident.read View events in triggered alerts.
logs.livetail.read Read livetail data.
logs.logs-data-api-high.read Query logs in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.logs-data-api-low.read Query logs in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.metrics-data-api-high.read Query metrics in the high-tier (Priority insights).
logs.metrics-data-api-low.read Query metrics in the low-tier (Store and search).
logs.version-benchmark-tags.read Read version benchmark tags.
logs.version-benchmark-report.read Read version benchmark reports.
logs.suppression-rule.read Read suppression rules.
logs.webhook.read View generic outbound webhooks configuration.
logs.legacy-archive-query.execute Query data from the archive.

Sender role

IAM actions available for the Sender role
Action Description
logs.data-ingress.send Send logs data.

DataAccessRestrictionReader role

IAM actions available for the DataAccessRestrictionReader role
Action Description
logs.data-access-restriction.read Access the scope.