AmazonFSxServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Allows Amazon FSx to manage AWS resources on your behalf

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonFSxServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v8
Created: 2018-11-28
Last edited: 2025-07-22
Services: cloudwatch, ds, ec2, firehose, logs, route53

Control-plane actions (29)

By access level: 9 List, 1 Permissions management, 3 Read, 1 Tagging, 15 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Directory Service	3 of 91	1 Read, 2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ds:AuthorizeApplication, ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails, ds:UnauthorizeApplication
EC2	21 of 834	7 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 1 Tagging, 11 Write; 9 restricted, 9 conditional	ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses, ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses, ec2:CreateNetworkInterface, ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission, ec2:CreateRoute, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface, ec2:DeleteRoute, ec2:DescribeAddresses, ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions, ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces, ec2:DescribeRouteTables and 9 more
Firehose	1 of 10	1 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream
CloudWatch Logs	3 of 133	2 List, 1 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:DescribeLogGroups, logs:DescribeLogStreams, logs:PutLogEvents
Route 53	1 of 71	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	route53:AssociateVPCWithHostedZone

Directory Service: 3 actions

ds:AuthorizeApplication (Write)
ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails (Read)
ds:UnauthorizeApplication (Write)

EC2: 21 actions

ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses (Write)
ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses (Write)
ec2:CreateNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission (Permissions management)
ec2:CreateRoute (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:DeleteRoute (Write)
ec2:DescribeAddresses (List)
ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions (List)
ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces (List)
ec2:DescribeRouteTables (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:DisassociateAddress (Write)
ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc (Read)
ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute (Write)
ec2:ReplaceRoute (Write)
ec2:UnassignIpv6Addresses (Write)
ec2:UnassignPrivateIpAddresses (Write)

Firehose: 1 actions

firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream (Read)

CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions

logs:DescribeLogGroups (List)
logs:DescribeLogStreams (List)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)

Route 53: 1 actions

route53:AssociateVPCWithHostedZone (Write)

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 3 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	cloudwatch:PutMetricData
Firehose	All 2 actions (see the Firehose page)	2 Write; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	firehose:PutRecord, firehose:PutRecordBatch

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:PutMetricData (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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 20 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.

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": "CreateFileSystem",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ds:AuthorizeApplication",
        "ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails",
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DisassociateAddress",
        "ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc",
        "route53:AssociateVPCWithHostedZone"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PutMetrics",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudwatch:namespace": "AWS/FSx"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TagResourceNetworkInterface",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateNetworkInterface"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "AmazonFSx.FileSystemId"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ManageNetworkInterface",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:UnassignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:UnassignPrivateIpAddresses"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonFSx.FileSystemId": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ManageRouteTable",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:ReplaceRoute",
        "ec2:DeleteRoute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:route-table/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonFSx": "ManagedByAmazonFSx"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PutCloudWatchLogs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/fsx/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ManageAuditLogs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream",
        "firehose:PutRecord",
        "firehose:PutRecordBatch"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:firehose:*:*:deliverystream/aws-fsx-*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v8, edited by AWS on 2025-07-22. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.