AmazonDocDBConsoleFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to manage Amazon DocumentDB with MongoDB compatibility using the AWS Management Console. Note this policy also grants full access to publish on all SNS topics within the account, permissions to create and edit Amazon EC2 instances and VPC configurations, permissions to view and list keys on Amazon KMS, and full access to Amazon RDS and Amazon Neptune.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBConsoleFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2019-01-09

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

cloudwatch, docdb-elastic, ec2, iam, kms, logs, rds, sns

Control-plane actions (138)

By access level: 50 List, 8 Read, 4 Tagging, 76 Write.

Data-plane actions (4)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read, 1 Write.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

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

Why this tier

• Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: docdb-elastic (10 of 10).

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.

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• AmazonDataZoneEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectDeploymentPermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

Same domain

• AmazonAuroraDSQLConsoleFullAccess
• AmazonAuroraDSQLFullAccess
• AmazonAuroraDSQLReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess
• AmazonDocDBElasticReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonDocDBFullAccess
• AmazonDocDBReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonDynamoDBReadOnlyAccess

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": "DocdbSids",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "docdb-elastic:CreateCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:UpdateCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:GetCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:DeleteCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:ListClusters",
        "docdb-elastic:CreateClusterSnapshot",
        "docdb-elastic:GetClusterSnapshot",
        "docdb-elastic:DeleteClusterSnapshot",
        "docdb-elastic:ListClusterSnapshots",
        "docdb-elastic:RestoreClusterFromSnapshot",
        "docdb-elastic:TagResource",
        "docdb-elastic:UntagResource",
        "docdb-elastic:ListTagsForResource",
        "docdb-elastic:CopyClusterSnapshot",
        "docdb-elastic:StartCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:StopCluster",
        "docdb-elastic:GetPendingMaintenanceAction",
        "docdb-elastic:ListPendingMaintenanceActions",
        "docdb-elastic:ApplyPendingMaintenanceAction",
        "rds:AddRoleToDBCluster",
        "rds:AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription",
        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
        "rds:ApplyPendingMaintenanceAction",
        "rds:CopyDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:CopyDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:CopyDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:CreateDBCluster",
        "rds:CreateDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:CreateDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:CreateDBInstance",
        "rds:CreateDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:CreateDBSubnetGroup",
        "rds:CreateEventSubscription",
        "rds:CreateGlobalCluster",
        "rds:DeleteDBCluster",
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:DeleteDBInstance",
        "rds:DeleteDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:DeleteDBSubnetGroup",
        "rds:DeleteEventSubscription",
        "rds:DeleteGlobalCluster",
        "rds:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "rds:DescribeCertificates",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterParameters",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBEngineVersions",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBLogFiles",
        "rds:DescribeDBParameterGroups",
        "rds:DescribeDBParameters",
        "rds:DescribeDBSecurityGroups",
        "rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups",
        "rds:DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters",
        "rds:DescribeEngineDefaultParameters",
        "rds:DescribeEventCategories",
        "rds:DescribeEventSubscriptions",
        "rds:DescribeEvents",
        "rds:DescribeGlobalClusters",
        "rds:DescribeOptionGroups",
        "rds:DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions",
        "rds:DescribePendingMaintenanceActions",
        "rds:DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications",
        "rds:DownloadDBLogFilePortion",
        "rds:FailoverDBCluster",
        "rds:ListTagsForResource",
        "rds:ModifyDBCluster",
        "rds:ModifyDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:ModifyDBClusterSnapshotAttribute",
        "rds:ModifyDBInstance",
        "rds:ModifyDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:ModifyDBSubnetGroup",
        "rds:ModifyEventSubscription",
        "rds:ModifyGlobalCluster",
        "rds:PromoteReadReplicaDBCluster",
        "rds:RebootDBInstance",
        "rds:RemoveFromGlobalCluster",
        "rds:RemoveRoleFromDBCluster",
        "rds:RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription",
        "rds:RemoveTagsFromResource",
        "rds:ResetDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:ResetDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot",
        "rds:RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DependencySids",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "ec2:AllocateAddress",
        "ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
        "ec2:AssociateAddress",
        "ec2:AssociateRouteTable",
        "ec2:AssociateSubnetCidrBlock",
        "ec2:AssociateVpcCidrBlock",
        "ec2:AttachInternetGateway",
        "ec2:AttachNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateCustomerGateway",
        "ec2:CreateDefaultSubnet",
        "ec2:CreateDefaultVpc",
        "ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
        "ec2:CreateNatGateway",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:CreateRouteTable",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:CreateSubnet",
        "ec2:CreateVpc",
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeCustomerGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribePrefixLists",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupReferences",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint",
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:ListKeyPolicies",
        "kms:ListKeys",
        "kms:ListRetirableGrants",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:GetLogEvents",
        "sns:ListSubscriptions",
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DocdbSLRSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/rds.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForRDS",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "rds.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DocdbElasticSLRSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/docdb-elastic.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDocDB-Elastic",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "docdb-elastic.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

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

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonDocDBConsoleFullAccess
• Report a data issue