Setting up Systems Manager console access - AWS Systems Manager
Systems Manager onboarding policyAWS Systems Manager console operator policyAWS Systems Manager console operator read-only policy

Setting up Systems Manager console access

To use AWS Systems Manager in the AWS Management Console, you must have the correct permissions configured.

For more information about how to create AWS Identity and Access Management policies and attach them to IAM identities, see Create IAM policies in the IAM User Guide

Systems Manager onboarding policy

You can create an IAM policy like the one shown in the following example, and attach the policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants full access to onboard to and configure Systems Manager.

Permissions details

This policy includes the following permissions.

  • ssm-quicksetup – Allows principals to access all AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup actions.

  • ssm – Allows principals access to Systems Manager Automation and Resource Explorer.

  • organizations – Allows principals to read an organization's structure in AWS Organizations, and manage delegated administrators when they are onboarding to Systems Manager as an organization.

  • cloudformation – Allows principals to manage their Quick Setup stacks.

  • iam – Allows principals to manage IAM roles and policies that are required for Systems Manager onboarding. 

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
     {
       "Sid": "QuickSetupActions",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "ssm-quicksetup:*"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
 
     {
       "Sid": "SsmReadOnly",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "ssm:DescribeAutomationExecutions",
         "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
         "ssm:ListAssociations",
         "ssm:DescribeAssociation",
         "ssm:ListDocuments",
         "ssm:ListResourceDataSync",
         "ssm:DescribePatchBaselines",
         "ssm:GetPatchBaseline",
         "ssm:DescribeMaintenanceWindows",
         "ssm:DescribeMaintenanceWindowTasks"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "SsmDocument",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "ssm:GetDocument",
         "ssm:DescribeDocument"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSQuickSetupType-*",
         "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-EnableExplorer"
       ]
     },
     {
       "Sid": "SsmEnableExplorer",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": "ssm:StartAutomationExecution",
       "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-EnableExplorer:*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "SsmExplorerRds",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "ssm:GetOpsSummary",
         "ssm:CreateResourceDataSync",
         "ssm:UpdateResourceDataSync"
       ],
       "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:resource-data-sync/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "OrgsReadOnly",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "organizations:DescribeAccount",
         "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
         "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
         "organizations:ListRoots",
         "organizations:ListParents",
         "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
         "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
         "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "OrgsAdministration",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "organizations:EnableAWSServiceAccess",
         "organizations:RegisterDelegatedAdministrator",
         "organizations:DeregisterDelegatedAdministrator"
       ],
       "Resource": "*",
       "Condition": {
         "StringEquals": {
           "organizations:ServicePrincipal": [
             "ssm.amazonaws.com",
             "ssm-quicksetup.amazonaws.com",
             "member.org.stacksets.cloudformation.amazonaws.com",
             "resource-explorer-2.amazonaws.com"
           ]
         }
       }
     },
     {
       "Sid": "CfnReadOnly",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "cloudformation:ListStacks",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
         "cloudformation:ListStackSets",
         "cloudformation:DescribeOrganizationsAccess"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "OrgCfnAccess",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "cloudformation:ActivateOrganizationsAccess"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "CfnStackActions",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "cloudformation:CreateStack",
         "cloudformation:DeleteStack",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStackResources",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
         "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
         "cloudformation:RollbackStack",
         "cloudformation:TagResource",
         "cloudformation:UntagResource",
         "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/StackSet-AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:type/resource/*"
       ]
     },
     {
       "Sid": "CfnStackSetActions",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "cloudformation:CreateStackInstances",
         "cloudformation:CreateStackSet",
         "cloudformation:DeleteStackInstances",
         "cloudformation:DeleteStackSet",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStackInstance",
         "cloudformation:DetectStackSetDrift",
         "cloudformation:ListStackInstanceResourceDrifts",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStackSet",
         "cloudformation:DescribeStackSetOperation",
         "cloudformation:ListStackInstances",
         "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperations",
         "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperationResults",
         "cloudformation:TagResource",
         "cloudformation:UntagResource",
         "cloudformation:UpdateStackSet"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:type/resource/*",
         "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset-target/AWS-QuickSetup-*:*"
       ]
     },
     {
       "Sid": "ValidationReadonlyActions",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "iam:ListRoles",
         "iam:GetRole"
       ],
       "Resource": "*"
     },
     {
       "Sid": "IamRolesMgmt",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "iam:CreateRole",
         "iam:DeleteRole",
         "iam:GetRole",
         "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
         "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
         "iam:GetRolePolicy",
         "iam:ListRolePolicies"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
       ]
     },
     {
       "Sid": "IamPassRole",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "iam:PassRole"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
       ],
       "Condition": {
         "StringEquals": {
           "iam:PassedToService": [
             "ssm.amazonaws.com",
             "ssm-quicksetup.amazonaws.com",
             "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
           ]
         }
       }
     },
     {
       "Sid": "IamRolesPoliciesMgmt",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
         "iam:DetachRolePolicy"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
       ],
       "Condition": {
         "ArnEquals": {
           "iam:PolicyARN": [
             "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy",
             "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy"
           ]
         }
       }
     },
     {
       "Sid": "CfnStackSetsSLR",
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
       ],
       "Resource": [
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/stacksets.cloudformation.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForCloudFormationStackSetsOrgAdmin",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ssm.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonSSM",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/accountdiscovery.ssm.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonSSM_AccountDiscovery",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ssm-quicksetup.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForSSMQuickSetup",
         "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/resource-explorer-2.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForResourceExplorer"
       ]
     }
   ]
 }

AWS Systems Manager console operator policy

You can create an IAM policy like the one shown in the following example, and attach the policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants full access to operate Systems Manager, and allow Systems Manager to run Automation documents for diagnosis and remediation.

Permissions details

This policy includes the following permissions.

  • ssm – Allows principals to access all Systems Manager APIs.

  • ssm-quicksetup – Allows principals to manage their Quick Setup configurations.

  • ec2 – Allows Systems Manager to determine your enabled AWS Regions and Amazon EC2 instance status.

  • cloudformation – Allows principals to read their Quick Setup stacks.

  • organizations – Allows principals to read an organization's structure in AWS Organizations, and manage delegated administrators when they are onboarding to Systems Manager as an organization.

  • s3 – Allows principals to list and get objects in an Amazon S3 bucket for diagnosis, which is created during the Systems Manager onboarding process.

  • iam:PassRole – Allows principals to pass roles to be assumed to Systems Manager when they run automations for diagnosis and remediation of unmanaged nodes.

  • iam:GetRole – Allows principals to get specific role information for Quick Setup roles when they are working in Systems Manager. 

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:*",
        "ssm-quicksetup:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEC2DescribeActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CfnAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:ListStacks",
        "cloudformation:ListStackSets",
        "cloudformation:ListStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperations",
        "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperationResults",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackSetOperation",
        "cloudformation:DescribeOrganizationsAccess",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackInstance",
        "cloudformation:DetectStackSetDrift",
        "cloudformation:ListStackInstanceResourceDrifts"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrgsReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListRoots",
        "organizations:ListParents",
        "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKMSOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SystemsManagerManaged": "true"
        },
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:s3:arn": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis-*"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowReadS3BucketFromOrganization",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgId": "${aws:PrincipalOrgId}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowReadS3BucketFromSingleAccount",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-DiagnosisAdminRole*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-DiagnosisExecutionRole*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-RemediationAdminRole*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-RemediationExecutionRole*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IamReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:GetRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

AWS Systems Manager console operator read-only policy

You can create an IAM policy like the one shown in the following example, and attach the policy to your IAM identities. This policy grants read-only access to use Systems Manager.

  • ssm – Allows principals access to Systems Manager read-only APIs.

  • ssm-quicksetup – Allows principals to read their Quick Setup configurations.

  • cloudformation – Allows principals to read their Quick Setup stacks.

  • iam:GetRole – Allows principals to get specific role information for Quick Setup roles when they are using Systems Manager.

  • ec2:DescribeRegions – Allows Systems Manager to determine your enabled AWS Regions.

  • organizations – Allows principals to read an organization's structure in AWS Organizations when they are onboarding to Systems Manager as an organization.

  • s3 – Allows principals to list and get objects in an Amazon S3 bucket that is created during the Systems Manager onboarding process.

Permissions details

This policy includes the following permissions.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:Describe*",
        "ssm:Get*",
        "ssm:List*",
        "ssm-quicksetup:List*",
        "ssm-quicksetup:Get*",
        "cloudformation:Describe*",
        "cloudformation:Get*",
        "cloudformation:List*",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "organizations:Describe*",
        "organizations:List*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKMSOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SystemsManagerManaged": "true"
        },
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:s3:arn": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis-*"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgId": "${aws:PrincipalOrgId}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}