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

**Description**: Provides access to AWS Resources managed or used by Amazon SSM

`AmazonSSMServiceRolePolicy` 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 13, 2017, 19:20 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** July 15, 2025, 17:22 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonSSMServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v16 (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" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:CancelCommand",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation",
        "ssm:ListCommandInvocations",
        "ssm:ListCommands",
        "ssm:SendCommand",
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:GetParameters",
        "ssm:StartAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:StopAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:ListTagsForResource",
        "ssm:GetCalendarState"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:PutInventory"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "ssm:InventoryTypeName" : [
            "AWS:ComplianceItem",
            "AWS:PatchSummary"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:UpdateServiceSetting",
        "ssm:GetServiceSetting"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsitem/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "lambda:InvokeFunction"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:SSM*",
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:*:SSM*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "states:DescribeExecution",
        "states:StartExecution"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:states:*:*:stateMachine:SSM*",
        "arn:aws:states:*:*:execution:SSM*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "resource-groups:ListGroups",
        "resource-groups:ListGroupResources",
        "resource-groups:GetGroupQuery"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "tag:GetResources"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "config:SelectResourceConfig"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "compute-optimizer:GetEC2InstanceRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks",
        "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorCheckSummaries",
        "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorCheckResult",
        "support:DescribeCases"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule",
        "config:DescribeComplianceByResource",
        "config:DescribeRemediationConfigurations",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudformation:ListStackSets",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:ListStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackSetOperation",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStackSet"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM*:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudformation:DeleteStackInstances",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM*:*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset-target/AWS-QuickSetup-SSM*:*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:type/resource/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:PutTargets"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "events:ManagedBy" : "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:DeleteRule"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/SSMExplorerManagedRule"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "events:DescribeRule",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "securityhub:DescribeHub",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "resource-explorer-2:CreateManagedView",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:*:*:managed-view/AWSManagedViewForSSM*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)