AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to Amazon Bedrock Web Search, including retrieval of content from external websites outside the AWS network boundary.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-08-03
Last edited: 2026-08-03
Services: bedrock-websearch

Control-plane actions (3)

By access level: 3 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Bedrock Web Search	All 3 actions (see the Bedrock Web Search page)	3 Read; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess, bedrock-websearch:InvokeFetch, bedrock-websearch:InvokeSearch

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: scoped.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock-websearch:InvokeSearch",
        "bedrock-websearch:InvokeFetch",
        "bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:bedrock-websearch:*:*:*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-08-03. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonbedrockexternalwebsearchfullaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonBedrockExternalWebSearchFullAccess"),
);

Sources

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