# AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy
<a name="AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy"></a>

**Description**: Allows Amazon Redshift to call AWS services on your behalf

`AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy` 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
<a name="AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy-how-to-use"></a>

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
<a name="AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy-details"></a>
+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: September 18, 2017, 19:19 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 19, 2025, 17:22 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy`

## Policy version
<a name="AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy-version"></a>

**Policy version:** v15 (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" : "Ec2VpcPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:AssociateAddress",
        "ec2:DisassociateAddress",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PublicAccessCreateEip",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AllocateAddress"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:elastic-ip/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/Redshift" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PublicAccessReleaseEip",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:ReleaseAddress"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:elastic-ip/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/Redshift" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "EnableCreationAndManagementOfRedshiftCloudwatchLogGroups",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:PutRetentionPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/redshift/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "EnableCreationAndManagementOfRedshiftCloudwatchLogStreams",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:GetLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/redshift/*:log-stream:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateSecurityGroupWithTags",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/Redshift" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SecurityGroupPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/Redshift" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateTagsOnResources",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:route-table/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:internet-gateway/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:elastic-ip/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateVpc",
            "CreateSecurityGroup",
            "CreateSubnet",
            "CreateInternetGateway",
            "CreateRouteTable",
            "AllocateAddress"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "VPCPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudWatch",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "cloudwatch:namespace" : [
            "AWS/Redshift-Serverless",
            "AWS/Redshift"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SecretManager",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
        "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
        "secretsmanager:PutSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:UpdateSecret",
        "secretsmanager:UpdateSecretVersionStage",
        "secretsmanager:RotateSecret"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:redshift!*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "secretsmanager:ResourceTag/aws:secretsmanager:owningService" : "redshift",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SecretsManagerRandomPassword",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "secretsmanager:GetRandomPassword"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IPV6Permissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:UnassignIpv6Addresses"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ServiceQuotasToCheckCustomerLimits",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "servicequotas:GetServiceQuota"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:servicequotas:*:*:ec2/L-0263D0A3",
        "arn:aws:servicequotas:*:*:vpc/L-29B6F2EB"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "DiscoverRedshiftCatalogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "glue:GetCatalog",
        "glue:GetCatalogs"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:glue:*:*:catalog",
        "arn:aws:glue:*:*:catalog/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "glue:EnabledForRedshiftAutoDiscovery" : "true"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "LakeFormationGetMetadataAccessForFederatedCatalogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "lakeformation:GetDataAccess"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "lakeformation:EnabledOnlyForMetaDataAccess" : "true"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "glue.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
<a name="AmazonRedshiftServiceLinkedRolePolicy-learn-more"></a>
+ [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)