Manage organization access policies

AI Object Storage organization access policies enforce permissions across your entire organization. They sit at the top of the policy hierarchy, taking effect before any bucket-level rules. Written in JSON with the same syntax as bucket access policies, they apply to both the S3-compatible API and the AI Object Storage API. These policies automatically cover every resource, bucket, and user in your account. By centralizing access rules, you ensure that global security standards and compliance requirements are consistently applied. Because organization access policies override bucket access policies, they serve as the first line of defense for every request in your AI Object Storage environment.

Prerequisites

You must have the Object Storage Admin IAM role (assigned through CoreWeave IAM Access Policies), or equivalent permissions to create and manage organization access policies:

cwobject:EnsureAccessPolicy to create or edit an organization access policy.
cwobject:ListAccessPolicy to view existing organization access policies.
cwobject:DeleteAccessPolicy to delete an organization access policy.

The first person in a new CoreWeave organization automatically has the Object Storage Admin IAM role assigned to them, so they can create and manage organization access policies, as well as grant the same permissions to other users and groups (through either IAM Access Policies or AI Object Storage organization access policies).

How to set an organization access policy

You can set an organization access policy using the Cloud Console, the AI Object Storage API, or the CoreWeave Terraform provider.

Cloud Console
AI Object Storage API
Terraform

To create an organization access policy in the Cloud Console:

Navigate to the Organization Access Policies page.
Click the Create Policy button at the top right corner of the page.
In the Create Policy page, enter the Policy Name.
Within the policy, add one or more statements. In the Statement section, enter a descriptive Name for the statement. For example, “grant-read-access-to-test-bucket”.
For Access, select either Allow access or Deny access.
For Principals, enter one or more principals to which the statement applies. The search field shows available principals (users and groups) in your organization. Select the principals you want to add, or enter * to allow access to all principals: After selecting the principals, they will appear in the Principals section:
For Actions, enter one or more actions to which the statement applies. The search field shows you available actions. Select the actions you want to add, or enter * to allow access to all actions. This example grants read access by allowing the actions s3:GetObject and s3:ListBucket: After selecting the actions, they will appear in the Actions section:
For Resources, enter one or more resources to which the statement applies. The search field shows you available resources. Select the resources you want to add, or enter * to allow access to all resources. This example scopes the policy statement to the bucket test-bucket and all objects within it: After selecting the resources, they will appear in the Resources section:
Add another statement by clicking Add Statement, or click Submit to create the policy.

The Organization Access Policies section also allows you to search, edit, and delete existing policies:

Use the Search function to find policies by name.
To view an existing policy, click the policy name.
To edit or delete a policy, click the More icon to the right of the policy, then select Edit or Delete.

Edit returns you to the policy editor.Delete requires confirmation:

Prepare a JSON file (for example, policy.json) with your organization access policy, adapting from the example policies.
Send the JSON document to https://api.coreweave.com/v1/cwobject/access-policy with an HTTP client such as curl.
Create an environment variable for your API access token (the secret key) as an environment variable. Replace [API-ACCESS-TOKEN-SECRET-KEY] with your API access token:
```
export API_ACCESS_TOKEN=[API-ACCESS-TOKEN-SECRET-KEY]
```

Run the following command to create the organization access policy:

$ curl -X POST https://api.coreweave.com/v1/cwobject/access-policy \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -d @policy.json

On success, the endpoint returns an empty object {} as the response.

To verify the policy was created, list the organization access policies:
```
$ curl -X GET https://api.coreweave.com/v1/cwobject/access-policy \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```
A successful response returns a list of all organization access policies, including the newly created policy.

For full request and response schemas, see the AI Object Storage API reference.

To use the CoreWeave Terraform provider to create an organization access policy, you must first configure the Terraform provider. Then, use the coreweave_object_storage_organization_access_policy resource to create the policy.

resource "coreweave_object_storage_organization_access_policy" "test" {
  name = "full-s3-api-access"
  statements = [
    {
      name       = "allow-full-s3-api-access-to-all"
      effect     = "Allow"
      resources  = ["*"]
      principals = ["*"]
      actions = [
        "s3:*",
        "cwobject:*",
      ]
    }
  ]
}

This resource is also available in OpenTofu. See Use Terraform to manage CoreWeave AI Object Storage infrastructure as code for more information.

See examples of organization access policies.

Structure of organization access policies

Organization access policies use JSON objects with three top-level fields: version, name, and statements. The statements field is an array of objects. Each statement includes the following:

Field	Description
name	A unique identifier for the policy statement.
effect	Indicates whether the policy allows or denies access. Must be either `Allow` or `Deny`.
principals	The users, roles, or groups to which the policy applies.
actions	The specific actions that the policy allows or denies.
resources	The resources to which the policy applies, specified in short-form names (not full ARNs).

Version

The version specifies the policy language version and is mandatory. For organization access policies, set "version": "v1alpha1". This internal CoreWeave identifier is not the same as the date-based format (for example, “2012-10-17”) used in standard S3 bucket access policies. Replace [BUCKET-NAME] in the policy with the name of the bucket you want to grant access to.

Example policy

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "example-org-policy",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-s3-get-object",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["s3:GetObject"],
        "resources": ["[BUCKET-NAME]/*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Name

At the top level, within the policy object, name is required. It provides a human-readable identifier for the overall organization access policy.

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "my-organization-wide-policy",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-all-s3",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["s3:*"],
        "resources": ["*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Statements

The statements element is required, and acts as the main container for access rules. It can contain a single policy statement or an array of multiple statements, with each individual statement enclosed in curly braces. Replace [USER-UID] in the policy with the UID of the user you want to grant access to.

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "multi-statement-policy",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-s3-api-access",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "actions": ["s3:*"],
        "resources": ["*"],
        "principals": ["*"]
      },
      {
        "name": "allow-cwobject-api-actions",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "actions": ["cwobject:CreateAccessKey", "cwobject:ListAccessPolicy"],
        "resources": ["*"],
        "principals": ["coreweave/[USER-UID]"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Name (within Statement)

Within each individual statement, name is required. It serves as a short, human-readable identifier for that specific policy statement, similar to Sid in bucket access policies. Each name must be unique within the JSON policy.

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "my-policy",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "MyUniqueStatementIdentifier",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["*"],
        "resources": ["*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Effect

The Effect field is mandatory and must be either Allow or Deny (case-sensitive). It determines whether the statement grants or denies the specified actions on the listed resources for the designated principals. By default, all access is denied. Setting Effect to Allow grants permission; setting it to Deny explicitly rejects the request and overrides any Allow. During policy evaluation, an explicit Deny in an organization access policy immediately rejects the request. Replace [USER-UID] in the policy with the UID of the user you want to deny access to.

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "deny-specific-deletion",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "prevent-object-deletion",
        "effect": "Deny",
        "principals": ["coreweave/[USER-UID]"],
        "actions": ["s3:DeleteObject"],
        "resources": ["[BUCKET-NAME]/*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Principals

The principals field is required. It defines which users, roles, or groups the policy applies to. For organization access policies, only short-form identifiers are supported. If you use a full ARN, the policy will fail with an error.

Cloud Console Users: Use the user’s UID, found in the user’s Settings in the Cloud Console, prefixed with coreweave/. For example, coreweave/UserUID.
SAML Users or Groups: When using SAML with an Identity Provider (IdP), reference users or groups using the format role/GroupName. The GroupName must match the PrincipalName attribute in the SAML assertion.
OIDC Users: When using OIDC with an Identity Provider (IdP), reference users using the format role/[JWT-ISSUER-URL]:[JWT-SUBJECT-USER-ID] where [JWT-ISSUER-URL] is the issuer of the JWT token and [JWT-SUBJECT-USER-ID] is the subject of the JWT token.

Groups created in the Cloud Console (like admin) cannot be used in organization access policies. To assign policies to groups, use a SAML-enabled Identity Provider (IdP).

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "principal-access-examples",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-specific-user",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["coreweave/[USER-UID]"],
        "actions": ["s3:*"],
        "resources": ["[BUCKET-NAME]", "[BUCKET-NAME]/*"]
      },
      {
        "name": "allow-saml-admin-group",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["role/[SAML-GROUP-NAME]"],
        "actions": ["s3:*", "cwobject:*"],
        "resources": ["*"]
      },
      {
        "name": "allow-all-users-read-access",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket"],
        "resources": ["[BUCKET-NAME]", "[BUCKET-NAME]/*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Actions

The actions field is required. It defines which operations the policy allows or denies. You can use wildcards (like s3:* or cwobject:*) to cover multiple actions at once. Organization access policies can include actions from two APIs:

S3 API: Use s3:* to reference all S3 actions.
AI Object Storage API: Use cwobject:* for all CoreWeave-specific storage actions.

Recommendation: Keep S3 and cwobject: actions in separate policy statements. This makes the policy easier to read and understand.

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "action-set-example",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-s3-read-actions",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": [
          "s3:List*",
          "s3:Get*",
          "s3:Head*"
        ],
        "resources": ["[BUCKET-NAME]", "[BUCKET-NAME]/*"]
      },
      {
        "name": "allow-cwobject-key-management",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["coreweave/[USER-UID]"],
        "actions": [
          "cwobject:CreateAccessKey",
          "cwobject:RevokeAccessKeyByAccessKey",
          "cwobject:ListAccessKeyInfo"
        ],
        "resources": ["*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Resources

The resources field is required. It defines which resources the policy applies to. Important guidelines for defining resources:

Use short names: Use simple resource names like my-bucket.
- Do not use full ARNs (such as arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket). Full ARNs cause errors.
Specify both bucket and object levels: If a policy affects both bucket-level and object-level operations, list both:
- "my-bucket" for bucket-level actions
- "my-bucket/*" for object-level actions
Use "*" for global operations: Actions like cwobject:* and s3:ListAllMyBuckets are global and not tied to a single resource. They require "resources": ["*"] to be allowed.
Special case - s3:PutBucketPolicy: This action is treated as global. To allow it, include "s3:PutBucketPolicy" in the actions and set resources to either "*" or the specific bucket name (e.g., "my-bucket").

{
  "policy": {
    "version": "v1alpha1",
    "name": "resource-scope-examples",
    "statements": [
      {
        "name": "allow-access-to-specific-bucket",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"],
        "resources": [
          "[BUCKET-NAME]",
          "[BUCKET-NAME]/*"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "allow-global-s3-and-cwobject-actions",
        "effect": "Allow",
        "principals": ["*"],
        "actions": ["s3:ListAllMyBuckets", "cwobject:ListBucketInfo"],
        "resources": ["*"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Allowed AI Object Storage API actions

The following AI Object Storage API (cwobject:) actions are allowed in organization access policies:

cwobject:CreateAccessKey
cwobject:CreateAccessKeySAML
cwobject:ListAccessKeyInfo
cwobject:GetAccessKeyInfo
cwobject:UpdateAccessKeyStatus
cwobject:RevokeAccessKeyByAccessKey
cwobject:RevokeAccessKeysByPrincipal
cwobject:EnsureAccessPolicy
cwobject:ListAccessPolicy
cwobject:DeleteAccessPolicy
cwobject:ListBucketInfo
cwobject:GetBucketInfo
cwobject:EnableBucketAuditLogging
cwobject:DisableBucketAuditLogging
cwobject:EnableBucketAuditLoggingDefault
cwobject:DisableBucketAuditLoggingDefault
cwobject:EnableControlPlaneAuditLogging
cwobject:DisableControlPlaneAuditLogging

Please note: cwobject actions must use "*" as the resource value. These actions are specific to the AI Object Storage API and are used to manage access keys, policies, and audit logging for your organization.

Examples

See examples of organization access policies.

Storage

Documentation Index

​Prerequisites

​How to set an organization access policy

​Structure of organization access policies

​Version

​Name

​Statements

​Name (within Statement)

​Effect

​Principals

​Actions

​Resources

​Allowed AI Object Storage API actions

​Examples

Prerequisites

How to set an organization access policy

Structure of organization access policies

Version

Name

Statements

Name (within Statement)

Effect

Principals

Actions

Resources

Allowed AI Object Storage API actions

Examples