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AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores - AWS Managed Policy

AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores

Description: Provides AWS Backup permission to perform restores on your behalf across AWS services. This policy includes permissions to create and delete AWS resources, such as EBS volumes, RDS instances, and EFS file systems, which are part of the restore process.

AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

You can attach AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores to your users, groups, and roles.

Policy details

  • Type: Service role policy

  • Creation time: January 12, 2019, 00:23 UTC

  • Edited time: January 07, 2025, 18:22 UTC

  • ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores

Policy version

Policy version: v21 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{ "Version" : "2012-10-17", "Statement" : [ { "Sid" : "DynamoDBPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "dynamodb:Scan", "dynamodb:Query", "dynamodb:UpdateItem", "dynamodb:PutItem", "dynamodb:GetItem", "dynamodb:DeleteItem", "dynamodb:BatchWriteItem", "dynamodb:DescribeTable" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*" }, { "Sid" : "DynamoDBBackupResourcePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "dynamodb:RestoreTableFromBackup" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*/backup/*" }, { "Sid" : "EBSPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:CreateVolume", "ec2:DeleteVolume" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*", "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*" ] }, { "Sid" : "EC2DescribePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:DescribeImages", "ec2:DescribeInstances", "ec2:DescribeSnapshots", "ec2:DescribeVolumes", "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes", "ec2:DescribeAddresses", "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones", "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups", "ec2:DescribeSubnets", "ec2:DescribeVpcs", "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways", "ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "StorageGatewayVolumePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "storagegateway:DeleteVolume", "storagegateway:DescribeCachediSCSIVolumes", "storagegateway:DescribeStorediSCSIVolumes", "storagegateway:AddTagsToResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:storagegateway:*:*:gateway/*/volume/*" }, { "Sid" : "StorageGatewayGatewayPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "storagegateway:DescribeGatewayInformation", "storagegateway:CreateStorediSCSIVolume", "storagegateway:CreateCachediSCSIVolume" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:storagegateway:*:*:gateway/*" }, { "Sid" : "StorageGatewayListPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "storagegateway:ListVolumes" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:storagegateway:*:*:*" }, { "Sid" : "RDSPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "rds:DescribeDBInstances", "rds:DescribeDBSnapshots", "rds:ListTagsForResource", "rds:RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot", "rds:DeleteDBInstance", "rds:AddTagsToResource", "rds:DescribeDBClusters", "rds:RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot", "rds:DeleteDBCluster", "rds:RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime", "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots", "rds:RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime", "rds:CreateTenantDatabase", "rds:DeleteTenantDatabase" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "EFSPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "elasticfilesystem:Restore", "elasticfilesystem:CreateFilesystem", "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFilesystems", "elasticfilesystem:DeleteFilesystem", "elasticfilesystem:TagResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:elasticfilesystem:*:*:file-system/*" }, { "Sid" : "KMSDescribePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "kms:DescribeKey", "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "KMSPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "kms:Decrypt", "kms:Encrypt", "kms:GenerateDataKey", "kms:ReEncryptTo", "kms:ReEncryptFrom", "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext" ], "Resource" : "*", "Condition" : { "StringLike" : { "kms:ViaService" : [ "dynamodb.*.amazonaws.com", "ec2.*.amazonaws.com", "elasticfilesystem.*.amazonaws.com", "rds.*.amazonaws.com", "redshift.*.amazonaws.com" ] } } }, { "Sid" : "KMSCreateGrantPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "kms:CreateGrant", "Resource" : "*", "Condition" : { "Bool" : { "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource" : "true" } } }, { "Sid" : "EBSSnapshotBlockPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ebs:CompleteSnapshot", "ebs:StartSnapshot", "ebs:PutSnapshotBlock" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*" }, { "Sid" : "RDSResourcePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "rds:CreateDBInstance" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*" }, { "Sid" : "EC2DeleteAndRestorePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:DeleteSnapshot", "ec2:DeleteTags", "ec2:RestoreSnapshotTier" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*", "Condition" : { "Null" : { "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource" : "false" } } }, { "Sid" : "EC2CreateTagsScopedPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags", "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*", "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*" ], "Condition" : { "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : { "aws:TagKeys" : [ "aws:backup:source-resource" ] } } }, { "Sid" : "EC2RunInstancesPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:RunInstances" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "EC2TerminateInstancesPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:TerminateInstances" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*" }, { "Sid" : "EC2CreateTagsPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:CreateTags" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*", "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*" ], "Condition" : { "ForAnyValue:StringLike" : { "ec2:CreateAction" : [ "RunInstances", "CreateVolume" ] } } }, { "Sid" : "FsxPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:CreateFileSystemFromBackup" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*", "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*" ] }, { "Sid" : "FsxTagPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:DescribeFileSystems", "fsx:TagResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*" }, { "Sid" : "FsxBackupPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "fsx:DescribeBackups", "Resource" : "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*" }, { "Sid" : "FsxDeletePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:DeleteFileSystem", "fsx:UntagResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*", "Condition" : { "Null" : { "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource" : "false" } } }, { "Sid" : "FsxDescribePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:DescribeVolumes" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*" }, { "Sid" : "FsxVolumeTagPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:CreateVolumeFromBackup", "fsx:TagResource" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*" ], "Condition" : { "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : { "aws:TagKeys" : [ "aws:backup:source-resource" ] } } }, { "Sid" : "FsxBackupTagPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:CreateVolumeFromBackup", "fsx:TagResource" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:storage-virtual-machine/*", "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*", "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*" ] }, { "Sid" : "FsxVolumePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "fsx:DeleteVolume", "fsx:UntagResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*", "Condition" : { "Null" : { "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource" : "false" } } }, { "Sid" : "DSPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ds:DescribeDirectories", "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "DynamoDBRestorePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "dynamodb:RestoreTableFromAwsBackup" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*" }, { "Sid" : "GatewayRestorePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "backup-gateway:Restore" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:backup-gateway:*:*:hypervisor/*" }, { "Sid" : "CloudformationChangeSetPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet", "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet", "cloudformation:TagResource" ], "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:*/*/*" }, { "Sid" : "RedshiftClusterSnapshotPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "redshift:RestoreFromClusterSnapshot", "redshift:RestoreTableFromClusterSnapshot" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*", "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*" ] }, { "Sid" : "RedshiftClusterPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "redshift:DescribeClusters" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*" ] }, { "Sid" : "RedshiftTablePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "redshift:DescribeTableRestoreStatus" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "TimestreamResourcePermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "timestream:StartAwsRestoreJob", "timestream:GetAwsRestoreStatus", "timestream:ListTables", "timestream:ListTagsForResource", "timestream:ListDatabases", "timestream:DescribeTable", "timestream:DescribeDatabase" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:timestream:*:*:database/*" ] }, { "Sid" : "TimestreamEndpointPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "timestream:DescribeEndpoints" ], "Resource" : [ "*" ] } ] }

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