How do I resolve the "putClassificationExportConfiguration" error in Amazon Macie?

Short description

This error message means that there are permission configuration issues with Macie.

Resolution

Check the permissions for the Amazon S3 bucket, AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy.

IAM permissions

1.    Open the IAM console, and then choose Users.

2.    Choose the User name, and then choose the Permissions tab.

3.    Verify that the user is allowed to perform the following API actions:

macie2:PutClassificationExportConfiguration s3:CreateBucket s3:GetBucketLocation s3:ListAllMyBuckets s3:PutBucketAcl s3:PutBucketPolicy s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock s3:PutObject kms:ListAliases

For more information, see Verify your permissions.

Amazon S3 permissions

Make sure that the Amazon S3 bucket policy has permissions similar to the following:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "Deny non-HTTPS access",
      "Effect": "Deny",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "s3:*",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET>/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "aws:SecureTransport": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Deny incorrect encryption header. This is optional",
      "Effect": "Deny",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "macie.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "s3:PutObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET>/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringNotEquals": {
          "s3:x-amz-server-side-encryption-aws-kms-key-id": "<ARN OF KMS KEY>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Deny unencrypted object uploads. This is optional",
      "Effect": "Deny",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "macie.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "s3:PutObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET>/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringNotEquals": {
          "s3:x-amz-server-side-encryption": "aws:kms"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Allow Macie to upload objects to the bucket",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "macie.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "s3:PutObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET>/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Allow Macie to use the getBucketLocation operation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "macie.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "s3:GetBucketLocation",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET>"
    }
  ]
}

AWS KMS permissions

Make sure that the AWS KMS key policy has permissions similar to the following:

{
  "Sid": "Allow Macie to use the key",
  "Effect": "Allow",
  "Principal": {
    "Service": "macie.amazonaws.com"
  },
  "Action": [
    "kms:GenerateDataKey",
    "kms:Encrypt"
  ],
  "Resource": "*",
  "Condition": {
    "StringEquals": {
      "aws:SourceAccount": "111122223333"
    },
    "ArnLike": {
      "aws:SourceArn": [
        "arn:aws:macie2:Region:111122223333:export-configuration:*",
        "arn:aws:macie2:Region:111122223333:classification-job/*"
      ]
    }
  }
}

For more information, see Troubleshooting errors.

Note: It's a best practice to grant least privileges for only the permissions required to perform a task. For more information, see Grant least privilege.

Related information

Getting started with Amazon Macie