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AWS Endpoints List

  • Updated on Jul 9, 2026
  • Published on Apr 28, 2026
  • 1 minute(s) read
  • Ben F
  • DC
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As part of AWS Metadata and Flow/Firewall Log Collection, Kentik needs permission to access selected endpoints on your behalf, as detailed in the following lists.

AWS Metadata Endpoints

EC2

  • DescribeAvailabilityZones

  • DescribeCustomerGateways

  • DescribeFlowLogs

  • DescribeInternetGateways

  • DescribeInstances

  • DescribeNatGateways

  • DescribeNetworkAcls

  • DescribeNetworkInterfaces

  • DescribeManagedPrefixLists

  • DescribePrefixLists

  • DescribeRouteTables

  • DescribeSecurityGroups

  • DescribeSubnets

  • DescribeTransitGateways

  • DescribeTransitGatewayAttachments

  • DescribeTransitGatewayVpcAttachments

  • DescribeTransitGatewayRouteTables

  • DescribeTransitGatewayConnects

  • DescribeTransitGatewayConnectPeers

  • DescribeVpcs

  • DescribeVpcEndpoints

  • DescribeVpcPeeringConnections

  • DescribeVpnConnections

  • DescribeVpnGateways

  • DescribeManagedPrefixLists

  • DescribeTransitGatewayRouteTables

  • SearchTransitGatewayRoutes

  • GetManagedPrefixListEntries

Direct Connect

  • DescribeDirectConnectGateways

  • DescribeVirtualInterfaces

  • DescribeLags

  • DescribeConnections

ELB

  • DescribeLoadBalancers

IAM

  • ListAccountAliases

Network Manager (core network metadata)

  • ListCoreNetworks

  • GetCoreNetwork

  • GetCoreNetworkPolicy

  • ListAttachments

  • GetNetworkRoutes

Network Firewall

  • ListFirewalls

  • DescribeFirewall

  • ListFirewallPolicies

  • DescribeFirewallPolicy

  • DescribeRuleGroup

Optional AWS Endpoints

To optionally get a list of accounts in an AWS organization, Kentik may need to access the following additional endpoints:

Organizations

  • ListAccounts

CloudWatch

  • ListMetrics

  • GetMetricStatistics

  • GetMetricData

STS

  • AssumeRole

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