# DBModDiscoveryAndAssessment
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**Description**: Discovery and Assessment permissions for database connector used in database modernization

`DBModDiscoveryAndAssessment` 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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You can attach `DBModDiscoveryAndAssessment` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: March 25, 2026, 20:27 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** March 25, 2026, 20:27 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/DBModDiscoveryAndAssessment`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v1 (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" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups",
        "dms:DescribeEndpoints",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationInstances",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationTasks",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationSubnetGroups",
        "dms:DescribeOrderableReplicationInstances",
        "dms:ListDataProviders",
        "dms:ListInstanceProfiles",
        "dms:ListMigrationProjects",
        "dms:ModifyReplicationSubnetGroup",
        "secretsmanager:ListSecrets",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "rds:ModifyDBSubnetGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:rds:*:*:subgrp:*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "rds:EnableHttpEndpoint",
        "rds:DisableHttpEndpoint",
        "rds-data:ExecuteStatement"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster:*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/Project" : "atx-db-modernization",
          "aws:ResourceTag/Owner" : "database-connector",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "dms:DescribeTableStatistics",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationTaskAssessmentRuns",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationTaskIndividualAssessments",
        "dms:DescribeApplicableIndividualAssessments"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:task:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:assessment-run:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:instance-profile:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:data-provider:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:migration-project:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:rep:*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/Project" : "atx-db-modernization",
          "aws:ResourceTag/Owner" : "database-connector",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "dms:ListMetadataModelAssessments",
        "dms:ListMetadataModelConversions",
        "dms:ListMetadataModelExports",
        "dms:DescribeMetadataModelImports",
        "dms:DescribeConversionConfiguration",
        "dms:DescribeMetadataModelCreations",
        "dms:DescribeMetadataModel",
        "dms:DescribeMetadataModelChildren",
        "dms:GetTargetSelectionRules"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/dms-vpc-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/dms-cloudwatch-logs-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/dms-secrets-manager-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/dms-s3-access-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/dms.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDMSServerless"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetPolicy",
        "iam:GetPolicyVersion"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:policy/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetPolicy",
        "iam:GetPolicyVersion"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonDMSCloudWatchLogsRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonDMSVPCManagementRole"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "kms:Decrypt",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:SecretArn" : "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:${aws:PrincipalAccount}:secret:*",
          "kms:ViaService" : "secretsmanager.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [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)