AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to Amazon DocumentDB Elastic Clusters and other required permissions for its dependencies, including EC2, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch and IAM, as the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide describes it.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v8

Created

2023-06-05

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

cloudwatch, docdb-elastic, ec2, iam, kms, secretsmanager

Control-plane actions (38)

By access level: 11 List, 1 Permissions management, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 16 Write.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read.

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

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Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess?

The reference description says it provides full access to Amazon DocumentDB Elastic Clusters and the dependency permissions they need. You can attach it to users, groups and roles that manage elastic clusters. Tag any secret or customer managed key you use with the DocDBElasticFullAccess tag key.

What does AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess grant?

It allows 19 docdb-elastic actions on all resources, EC2 VPC endpoint actions, KMS and Secrets Manager actions through docdb-elastic on tagged resources, CloudWatch metric reads, and creating the AWSServiceRoleForDocDB-Elastic service-linked role.

What are the security risks of AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess?

docdb-elastic actions, including DeleteCluster, apply to all resources. The KMS decrypt and secret read grants are limited by service and tag conditions. AWS managed policies do not grant least privilege permissions, and an AWS update to the policy affects every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "DocdbElasticSid",
      "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"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2Sid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "secretsmanager:ListSecrets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "docdb-elastic.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "docdb-elastic.*.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "aws:ResourceTag/DocDBElasticFullAccess": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSGrantSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/DocDBElasticFullAccess": "*",
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "docdb-elastic.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": true
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecretManagerSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:ListSecretVersionIds",
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "secretsmanager:ResourceTag/DocDBElasticFullAccess": "*"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledViaFirst": "docdb-elastic.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudwatchSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SLRSid",
      "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 v8, 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/AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

• AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, practicalScope, useCases, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for Amazon DocumentDB (Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, prerequisites, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for job functions (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports bestPractices, faqs)
• Managed policies and inline policies (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports securityConsiderations, faqs)

• Official AWS reference for AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess
• AWS service guide
• Report a data issue