# AWSServiceRolePolicyForBackupRestoreTesting
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**Description**: This policy contains permissions for testing restores and for cleaning up resources created during tests.

`AWSServiceRolePolicyForBackupRestoreTesting` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: November 10, 2023, 23:37 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** March 18, 2026, 22:12 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSServiceRolePolicyForBackupRestoreTesting`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v3 (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
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "BackupActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup:DescribeRecoveryPoint",
        "backup:DescribeRestoreJob",
        "backup:DescribeProtectedResource",
        "backup:GetRecoveryPointRestoreMetadata",
        "backup:ListBackupVaults",
        "backup:ListProtectedResources",
        "backup:ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVault",
        "backup:ListRecoveryPointsByBackupVault",
        "backup:ListRecoveryPointsByResource",
        "backup:ListTags",
        "backup:StartRestoreJob"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IamPassRole",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "backup.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "DescribeActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargets",
        "fsx:DescribeFileSystems",
        "fsx:DescribeVolumes",
        "fsx:ListTagsForResource",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceAutomatedBackups",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups",
        "rds:ListTagsForResource",
        "redshift:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "DeleteActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteVolume",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "elasticfilesystem:DeleteFilesystem",
        "elasticfilesystem:DeleteMountTarget",
        "rds:DeleteDBCluster",
        "rds:DeleteDBInstance",
        "rds:DeleteTenantDatabase",
        "fsx:DeleteFileSystem",
        "fsx:DeleteVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/awsbackup-restore-test" : "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "DdbDeleteActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "dynamodb:DeleteTable",
        "dynamodb:DescribeTable"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/awsbackup-restore-test-*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "RedshiftDeleteActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "redshift:DeleteCluster",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:awsbackup-restore-test-*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "S3DeleteActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:DeleteBucket",
        "s3:GetLifecycleConfiguration",
        "s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:s3:::awsbackup-restore-test-*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TimestreamDeleteActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "timestream:DeleteTable",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:timestream:*:*:database/*/table/awsbackup-restore-test-*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)