AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess

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Summary

Allow RDS to access Directory Service Managed AD on behalf of the customer for domain-joined SQL Server DB instances.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2016-02-26
Last edited: 2019-05-15
Services: ds

Control-plane actions (4)

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

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Directory Service	4 of 91	1 List, 1 Read, 2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ds:AuthorizeApplication, ds:DescribeDirectories, ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails, ds:UnauthorizeApplication

Directory Service: 4 actions

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

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: all-resources.

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

Why this tier

Grants 2 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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "ds:DescribeDirectories",
        "ds:AuthorizeApplication",
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication",
        "ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2019-05-15. 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/service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_amazonrdsdirectoryserviceaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AmazonRDSDirectoryServiceAccess"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.