AmazonDocDBFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to Amazon DocumentDB with MongoDB compatibility. Note this policy also grants full access to publish on all SNS topics within the account 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/AmazonDocDBFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v1

Created

2019-01-09

Last edited

2019-01-09

Services

cloudwatch, ec2, iam, kms, logs, rds, sns

Control-plane actions (78)

By access level: 36 List, 3 Read, 2 Tagging, 37 Write.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 1 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 40 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

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.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonDocDBConsoleFullAccess
• AmazonDocDBReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonRDSFullAccess
• AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsFullAccess
• AmazonRDSPerformanceInsightsReadOnly
• AmazonRDSReadOnlyAccess
• AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess
• AWSApplicationAutoscalingNeptuneClusterPolicy

Same domain

• AmazonAuroraDSQLConsoleFullAccess
• AmazonAuroraDSQLFullAccess
• AmazonAuroraDSQLReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonDocDBElasticFullAccess
• AmazonDocDBElasticReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonDynamoDBReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonElastiCacheFullAccess
• AmazonElastiCacheReadOnlyAccess

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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "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:DeleteDBCluster",
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:DeleteDBInstance",
        "rds:DeleteDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:DeleteDBSubnetGroup",
        "rds:DeleteEventSubscription",
        "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: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:PromoteReadReplicaDBCluster",
        "rds:RebootDBInstance",
        "rds:RemoveRoleFromDBCluster",
        "rds:RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription",
        "rds:RemoveTagsFromResource",
        "rds:ResetDBClusterParameterGroup",
        "rds:ResetDBParameterGroup",
        "rds:RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot",
        "rds:RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:ListKeyPolicies",
        "kms:ListKeys",
        "kms:ListRetirableGrants",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:GetLogEvents",
        "sns:ListSubscriptions",
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/rds.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForRDS",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "rds.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2019-01-09. 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/AmazonDocDBFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDocDBFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonDocDBFullAccess
• Report a data issue