Media Flow IAM Policies and Permissions

Create IAM policies to control who has access to Media Flow resources, and to control the type of access for each group of users.

Create policies for users to have necessary rights to the Media Flow resources. The users in the Administrators group have access to all the Media Flow resources.

If you are new to IAM policies, see Getting Started with Policies.

For a complete list of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure policies, see policy reference and Common Policies.

This section explains the following topics:

To use OCI Media Flow, create a policy that grants the following permissions to the user or groups that interact with the service accordingly.

Media Services supports the following entities:

Permissions	Action assigned to the user
media-workflow	Defines the workflows.
media-workflow-job	Runs the workflow jobs to process media.
media-asset	Manages the media asset metadata.
media-workflow-configuration	Manages reusable configurations.
media-family	Includes all the media member resources in one family.

Resource Types and Permissions

List of Media Flow resource types and associated permissions.

To assign permissions to all the OCI Media Services resources, use the media-family aggregate type.

To create media workflows, you need the manage media-workflow permission.

To run jobs, you need use media-workflow and manage media-workflow-job permissions.

For more information, see Permissions.

The following table lists all the resources in the media-family:


Family Name	Member Resources
media-family	media-workflow media-workflow-configuration media-workflow-job media-asset media-stream-distribution-channel media-stream-packaging-config media-stream-cdn-config

A policy that uses <verb> media-family is equivalent to writing a policy with a separate <verb> <resource-type> statement for each of the individual resource types.


Resource Type	Permissions
media-asset	MEDIA_ASSET_INSPECT MEDIA_ASSET_CREATE MEDIA_ASSET_READ MEDIA_ASSET_UPDATE MEDIA_ASSET_DELETE MEDIA_ASSET_MOVE
media-workflow	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_INSPECT MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CREATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ MEDIA_WORKFLOW_UPDATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_DELETE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_MOVE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_RUN
media-workflow-configuration	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_INSPECT MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_CREATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_READ MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_DELETE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_MOVE
media-workflow-job	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_INSPECT MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_CREATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_READ MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_UPDATE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_DELETE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_MOVE

Supported Variables

Variables are used when adding conditions to a policy.

Media Flow supports the following variables:

Entity

: Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID)
String

: Free-form text.
List

: List of Entity or String.

See General Variables for All Requests.

Variables are lowercase and hyphen-separated. For example, target.tag-namespace.name, target.display-name. Here name must be unique, and display-name is the description.

Required variables are supplied by the Media Flow service for every request. Automatic variables are supplied by the authorization engine (either service-local with the SDK for a thick client or on the Identity data plane for a thin client).


Required Variables	Type	Description
`target.compartment.id`	Entity (OCID)	The OCID of the primary resource for the request.
`request.operation`	String	The operation ID (for example, `GetUser`) for the request.
`target.resource.kind`	String	The resource kind name of the primary resource for the request.


Automatic Variables	Type	Description
`request.user.id`	Entity (OCID)	The OCID of the requesting user.
`request.groups.id`	List of entities (OCIDs)	The OCIDs of the groups the requesting user is in.
`target.compartment.name`	String	The name of the compartment specified in `target.compartment.id`.
`target.tenant.id`	Entity (OCID)	The OCID of the target tenant ID.


Dynamic Variables	Type	Description
`request.principal.group.tag.<tagNS>.<tagKey>`	String	The value of each tag on a group of which the principal is a member.
`request.principal.compartment.tag.<tagNS>.<tagKey>`	String	The value of each tag on the compartment that contains the principal.
`target.resource.tag.<tagNS>.<tagKey>`	String	The value of each tag on the target resource. (Computed based on tagSlug supplied by service on each request.)
`target.resource.compartment.tag.<tagNS>.<tagKey>`	String	The value of each tag on the compartment that contains the target resource. (Computed based on tagSlug supplied by service on each request.)

Here's a list of available sources for the variables:

Request: Comes from the request input.
Derived: Comes from the request.
Stored: Comes from the service, retained input.
Computed: Computed from service data.

Details for Verb + Resource Type Combinations

Identify the permissions and API operations covered by each verb for Media Flow resources.

The level of access is cumulative as you go from inspect to read to use to manage. A plus sign (+) in a table cell indicates incremental access when compared to the preceding cell.

For information about granting access, see Permissions.

media-workflow

This table lists the permissions and the APIs that are fully covered by the permissions, for the media-workflow resource.


Verbs	Permissions	APIs Covered	Description
`inspect`	`MEDIA_WORKFLOW_INSPECT`	`ListMediaWorkflow` `ListSystemMediaWorkflows`	List the MediaWorkflows and SystemMediaWorkflows in a compartment.
`read`	`inspect+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ`	`inspect+` `GetMediaWorkflow`	View the details of a MediaWorkflow.
`use`	`read+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_UPDATE`	`read+` `UpdateMediaWorkflow`	Update a MediaWorkflow.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CREATE`	`use+` `CreateMediaWorkflow`	Create a MediaWorkflow.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_MOVE`	`use+` `ChangeMediaWorkflowCompartment`	Move a MediaWorkflow between compartments.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_DELETE`	`use+` `DeleteMediaWorkflow`	Delete a MediaWorkflow.

media-workflow-configuration

This table lists the permissions and the APIs that are fully covered by the permissions, for the media-workflow-configuration resource.


Verbs	Permissions	APIs Covered	Description
`inspect`	`MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_INSPECT`	`ListMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	List the MediaWorkflowConfiguration objects in a given compartment.
`read`	`inspect+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_READ`	`inspect+` `GetMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	View the details of a MediaWorkflowConfiguration.
`use`	`read+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE`	`read+` `UpdateMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	Update a MediaWorkflowConfiguration.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_CREATE`	`use+` `CreateMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	Create a MediaWorkflowConfiguration.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_MOVE`	`use+` `ChangeMediaWorkflowConfigurationCompartment`	Move a MediaWorkflowConfiguration between compartments.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_DELETE`	`use+` `DeleteMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	Delete a MediaWorkflowConfiguration.

media-workflow-job

This table lists the permissions and the APIs that are fully covered by the permissions, for the media-workflow-job resource.


Verbs	Permissions	APIs Covered	Description
`inspect`	`MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_INSPECT`	`ListMediaWorkflowJob`	List the MediaWorkflowJobs in a specific compartment.
`read`	`inspect+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_READ`	`inspect+` `GetMediaWorkflowJob`	View the details of a MediaWorkflowJob.
`use`	`read+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_UPDATE`	`read+` `UpdateMediaWorkflowJob`	Update a MediaWorkflowJob.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_CREATE`	`use+` `CreateMediaWorkflowJob`	Create a MediaWorkflowJob.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_MOVE`	`use+` `ChangeMediaWorkflowJobCompartment`	Move a MediaWorkflowJob between compartments.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_DELETE`	`use+` `DeleteMediaWorkflowJob`	Cancel a MediaWorkflowJob.

media-asset

This table lists the permissions and the APIs that are fully covered by the permissions, for the media-asset resource.


Verbs	Permissions	APIs Covered	Description
`inspect`	`MEDIA_ASSET_INSPECT`	`ListMediaAsset`	List all the media assets in a given compartment.
`read`	`inspect+` `MEDIA_ASSET_READ`	`inspect+` `GetMediaAsset`	View all the details of the media asset records.
`use`	`read+` `MEDIA_ASSET_UPDATE`	`read+` `UpdateMediaAsset`	Update the media asset metadata.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_ASSET_CREATE`	`use+` `CreateMediaAsset`	Create media assets.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_ASSET_MOVE`	`use+` `ChangeMediaAsset`	Move media assets between compartments.
`manage`	`use+` `MEDIA_ASSET_DELETE`	`use+` `DeleteMediaAsset`	Delete media assets.

Permissions Required for Each API Operation

The following table lists the API operations in a logical order, grouped by resource type. The resource types are media-workflow, media-workflow-configuration, media-workflow-job, and media-asset.

For more information, see Permissions.


API Operation	Permissions Required to Use the Operation
`ListMediaWorkflows`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_INSPECT
`CreateMediaWorkflow`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CREATE
`DeleteMediaWorkflow`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_DELETE
`UpdateMediaWorkflow`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_UPDATE
`GetMediaWorkflow`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ
`RunMediaWorkflow`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_RUN MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_READ
`GetMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_EXECUTE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ
`CancelMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_EXECUTE MEDIA_WORKFLOW_READ
`ChangeMediaWorkflowCompartment`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_MOVE
`ListMediaWorkflowConfigurations`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_INSPECT
`CreateMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_CREATE
`DeleteMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_DELETE
`UpdateMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE
`GetMediaWorkflowConfiguration`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_READ
`ChangeMediaWorkflowConfigurationCompartment`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_CONFIGURATION_MOVE
`ListMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_INSPECT
`CreateMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_CREATE
`DeleteMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_DELETE
`UpdateMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_UPDATE
`GetMediaWorkflowJob`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_READ
`ChangeMediaWorkflowJobCompartment`	MEDIA_WORKFLOW_JOB_MOVE
`ListMediaAsset`	MEDIA_ASSET_INSPECT
`CreateMediaAsset`	MEDIA_ASSET_CREATE
`DeleteMediaAsset`	MEDIA_ASSET_DELETE
`UpdateMediaAsset`	MEDIA_ASSET_UPDATE
`GetMediaAsset`	MEDIA_ASSET_READ
`ChangeMediaAssetCompartment`	MEDIA_ASSET_MOVE

Media Flow User Roles

You can use the available permissions or policies to configure access. Here is a typical user configuration:


System/Actor	Description	OCI Resource Permissions
Workflow Manager	This use or group defines the workflows used for processing content.	manage: media-workflow manage: media-workflow-configuration
Content Processor	This user or group runs jobs to process the content and must have read/write permissions for the input/output buckets in the object store.	read: media-workflow read: media-workflow-configuration manage: media-workflow-job manage: media-asset
Digital Asset Library	This group requires access to the media assets that have been created.	read: media-asset

IAM Policies

Learn about the required IAM policies for Media Flow.

Ensure that:

You have configured the streaming policies to enable Media Services to read the object-family in the video compartment of the object Store.
The users or groups using OCI Media Streams have the required permissions.

See Creating a Policy for details.

For more details about the syntax, see Policy Syntax.

If you're using the Speech, Language, and Vision services, see Speech Policies, Vision Policies, and Language Policies for details.

Creating a Policy

Here's how you create a policy in the Console:

Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Policies.
In the Policies page, click Create Policy.
In the Create Policy panel, enter a name, description for the policy, and specify the compartment where you want to create the policy.
Under Policy Builder, click the Show manual editor switch to enable the editor.
Enter a policy rule in the following format:
```
Allow service mediaservices to <verb> <resource_type> in <compartment or tenancy details>
```
Click Create.

For instructions on how to create and manage policies using the Console or API, see Managing Policies.

For a complete list of all policies in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, see the Policy Reference and Common Policies.

Policy Examples

Media Flow policies are required for using various Media Flow resources.

See the instructions in Creating a Policy for creating policies using the Console.

For more details about the syntax, see Policy Syntax.

If you're using Media Streams, see Media Streams IAM Policies for details.

Following policy examples are provided:

Media Family Policies

Create this policy in your tenancy, to allow a user or dynamic group to manage all the resources in Media Services:

Allow <user or dynamic-group> to manage media-family in compartment <compartment_name>

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