AWS Elemental MediaLive (IAM)

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AWS Elemental MediaLive is a broadcast-grade live video processing service that enables you to create high-quality live video streams for delivery to broadcast televisions and internet-connected multiscreen devices.

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Permissions

Actions in this service

medialive:ListChannels

medialive:ListInputs

medialive:DescribeInput

medialive:StartChannel

medialive:StopChannel

medialive:CreateChannel

medialive:UpdateChannel

medialive:ListOfferings

Policy

Minimal privilege example

Copy-paste least-privilege policy statement — not yet harness-verified.

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "medialive:ListChannels", "medialive:ListInputs", "medialive:DescribeInput", "medialive:StartChannel", "medialive:StopChannel", "medialive:CreateChannel", "medialive:UpdateChannel", "medialive:ListOfferings" ], "Resource": "*" } ] }

SDK mapping

Method → permission

SDK method mapping (e.g. boto3.get_object() → s3:GetObject) is not yet collected.

Footguns

Known gotchas

Avoid medialive:* — grants full control including delete/modify of channels, inputs, and multiplexes

Avoid medialive:DeleteChannel — can permanently delete live channels causing service disruption

Resources

docshttps://servicereference.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/medialive/medialive.json ↗