StringEquals

StringEquals compares a string in a request to a list of strings in your policy. The comparision is case sensitive.

To match a request, the context key must exist in the request and must match at least one of the strings in your policy.

You can use policy variables in the value of this operator.

Click into any of these polices and change them test how they change the result.

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: null

Then the result is:

Not Allowed Statement does not apply

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: public

Then the result is:

Allowed Assuming no explicit Deny elsewhere

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: private

Then the result is:

Not Allowed Statement does not apply

Click into any of these polices and change them test how they change the result.

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: null

Then the result is:

Not Denied May be allowed by another statement

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: public

Then the result is:

Denied

Given the Policy Condition:

"StringEquals": {
  "aws:RequestTag/DataClass": [
    "public",
    "internal"
  ]
}

When the Request Context has:

aws:RequestTag/DataClass: private

Then the result is:

Not Denied May be allowed by another statement