# AWS Well-Architected Tool identity-based policy examples
By default, users and roles don't have permission to create or modify AWS WA Tool resources. They also can't perform tasks using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS API. An IAM administrator must create IAM policies that grant users and roles permission to perform specific API operations on the specified resources they need. The administrator must then attach those policies to the users or groups that require those permissions.
To learn how to create an IAM identity-based policy using these example JSON policy documents, see [Creating Policies on the JSON Tab](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create.html#access_policies_create-json-editor) in the *IAM User Guide*.
**Topics**
+ [Policy best practices](#security_iam_service-with-iam-policy-best-practices)
+ [Using the AWS WA Tool console](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-console)
+ [Allow users to view their own permissions](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-view-own-permissions)
+ [Granting full access to workloads](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-full-access)
+ [Granting read-only access to workloads](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-readonly-access)
+ [Accessing one workload](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-access-one-workload)
+ [Using a service-specific condition key for the AWS Well-Architected Tool Connector for Jira](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-service-specific-condition-key)
## Policy best practices
Identity-based policies determine whether someone can create, access, or delete AWS WA Tool resources in your account. These actions can incur costs for your AWS account. When you create or edit identity-based policies, follow these guidelines and recommendations:
+ **Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions** – To get started granting permissions to your users and workloads, use the *AWS managed policies* that grant permissions for many common use cases. They are available in your AWS account. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining AWS customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases. For more information, see [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies) or [AWS managed policies for job functions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_job-functions.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Apply least-privilege permissions** – When you set permissions with IAM policies, grant only the permissions required to perform a task. You do this by defining the actions that can be taken on specific resources under specific conditions, also known as *least-privilege permissions*. For more information about using IAM to apply permissions, see [ Policies and permissions in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Use conditions in IAM policies to further restrict access** – You can add a condition to your policies to limit access to actions and resources. For example, you can write a policy condition to specify that all requests must be sent using SSL. You can also use conditions to grant access to service actions if they are used through a specific AWS service, such as CloudFormation. For more information, see [ IAM JSON policy elements: Condition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Use IAM Access Analyzer to validate your IAM policies to ensure secure and functional permissions** – IAM Access Analyzer validates new and existing policies so that the policies adhere to the IAM policy language (JSON) and IAM best practices. IAM Access Analyzer provides more than 100 policy checks and actionable recommendations to help you author secure and functional policies. For more information, see [Validate policies with IAM Access Analyzer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access-analyzer-policy-validation.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Require multi-factor authentication (MFA)** – If you have a scenario that requires IAM users or a root user in your AWS account, turn on MFA for additional security. To require MFA when API operations are called, add MFA conditions to your policies. For more information, see [ Secure API access with MFA](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_configure-api-require.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
For more information about best practices in IAM, see [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
## Using the AWS WA Tool console
To access the AWS Well-Architected Tool console, you must have a minimum set of permissions. These permissions must allow you to list and view details about the AWS WA Tool resources in your AWS account. If you create an identity-based policy that is more restrictive than the minimum required permissions, the console won't function as intended for entities (users or roles) with that policy.
To ensure that those entities can still use the AWS WA Tool console, also attach the following AWS managed policy to the entities:
```
WellArchitectedConsoleReadOnlyAccess
```
To allow the ability to create, change, and delete workloads, attach the following AWS managed policy to the entities:
```
WellArchitectedConsoleFullAccess
```
For more information, see [Adding Permissions to a User](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_change-permissions.html#users_change_permissions-add-console) in the *IAM User Guide*.
You don't need to allow minimum console permissions for users that are making calls only to the AWS CLI or the AWS API. Instead, allow access to only the actions that match the API operation that you're trying to perform.
## Allow users to view their own permissions
This example shows how you might create a policy that allows IAM users to view the inline and managed policies that are attached to their user identity. This policy includes permissions to complete this action on the console or programmatically using the AWS CLI or AWS API.
```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "ViewOwnUserInfo",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetUserPolicy",
"iam:ListGroupsForUser",
"iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies",
"iam:ListUserPolicies",
"iam:GetUser"
],
"Resource": ["arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"]
},
{
"Sid": "NavigateInConsole",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetGroupPolicy",
"iam:GetPolicyVersion",
"iam:GetPolicy",
"iam:ListAttachedGroupPolicies",
"iam:ListGroupPolicies",
"iam:ListPolicyVersions",
"iam:ListPolicies",
"iam:ListUsers"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
## Granting full access to workloads
In this example, you want to grant a user in your AWS account full access to your workloads. Full access allows the user to perform all actions in AWS WA Tool. This access is required to define workloads, delete workloads, view workloads, and update workloads.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement" : [
{
"Effect" : "Allow",
"Action" : [
"wellarchitected:*"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
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## Granting read-only access to workloads
In this example, you want to grant a user in your AWS account read-only access to your workloads. Read-only access only allows the user to view workloads in AWS WA Tool.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement" : [
{
"Effect" : "Allow",
"Action" : [
"wellarchitected:Get*",
"wellarchitected:List*"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
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## Accessing one workload
In this example, you want to grant a user in your AWS account read-only access to one of your workloads, `99999999999955555555555566666666`, in the `us-west-2` Region. Your account ID is `777788889999`.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement" : [
{
"Effect" : "Allow",
"Action" : [
"wellarchitected:Get*",
"wellarchitected:List*"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:wellarchitected:us-west-2:777788889999:workload/999999999999555555555555666666666"
}
]
}
```
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## Using a service-specific condition key for the AWS Well-Architected Tool Connector for Jira
This example demonstrates how to use the service-specific condition key `wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey` to control which Jira projects can be linked to workloads in your account.
The following describes relevant uses for the condition key:
+ **`CreateWorkload:`** When you apply `wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey` to `CreateWorkload`, you can define which custom Jira projects can be linked to any workload created by the user. For example, if a user tries to create a new workload with project ABC, but the policy only specifies project PQR, the action is denied.
+ **`UpdateWorkload:`** When you apply `wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey` to `UpdateWorkload`, you can define which custom Jira projects can be linked to this particular workload or any workload. For example, if a user tries to update an existing workload with project ABC, but the policy specifies project PQR, the action is denied. Additionally, if the user has a workload that is linked to project PQR and tries to update the workload to be linked to project ABC, the action is denied.
+ **`UpdateGlobalSettings:`** When you apply `wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey` to `UpdateGlobalSettings`, you can define which custom Jira projects can be linked to the AWS account. The account-level setting protects workloads in your account that do not override account-level Jira settings. For example, if a user has access to `UpdateGlobalSettings`, they cannot link workloads in your account to any projects that are not specified in the policy.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"wellarchitected:UpdateGlobalSettings",
"wellarchitected:CreateWorkload"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"StringEqualsIfExists": {
"wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey": ["ABC, PQR"]
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor1",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"wellarchitected:UpdateWorkload"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:wellarchitected:us-east-1:111122223333:workload/example-workload",
"Condition": {
"StringEqualsIfExists": {
"wellarchitected:JiraProjectKey": ["ABC, PQR"]
}
}
}
]
}
```
------