AccessDenied for ListObjects for S3 bucket when permissions are s3:*

Question

I am getting:

An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ListObjects operation: Access Denied

When I try to get folder from

Answer 1

You have to specify Resource for the bucket via "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname" or "arn:aws:3:::bucketname*". The latter is preferred since it allows manipulations on the bucket's objects too. Notice there is no slash!

Listing objects is an operation on Bucket. Therefore, action "s3:ListBucket" is required. Adding an object to the Bucket is an operation on Object. Therefore, action "s3:PutObject" is needed. Certainly, you may want to add other actions as you require.

{
"Version": "version_id",
"Statement": [
    {
        "Sid": "some_id",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": [
            "s3:ListBucket",
            "s3:PutObject"
        ],
        "Resource": [
            "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname*"
        ]
    }
] 
}