AmazonRDSFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to Amazon RDS via the AWS Management Console. The Amazon RDS User Guide says it also lets principals describe and manage Application Auto Scaling, manage CloudWatch alarms, get Performance Insights metrics and publish Amazon SNS messages.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v14

Created

2015-02-06

Last edited

2023-08-17

Services

application-autoscaling, cloudwatch, devops-guru, ec2, iam, logs, outposts, pi, rds, sns

Control-plane actions (219)

By access level: 67 List, 1 Permissions management, 20 Read, 4 Tagging, 127 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: rds (119 of 119).
• 2 granted write or permissions-management actions have no data-plane classification from AWS, so the data-plane rule cannot assess them.

Guidance

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Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AmazonRDSFullAccess?

The Amazon RDS User Guide says it provides full access to Amazon RDS through the AWS Management Console. Attach it where that is the intended scope.

What does AmazonRDSFullAccess grant?

It allows rds:* on all resources, plus Application Auto Scaling, CloudWatch alarm and metric actions, Amazon EC2 describe actions, Amazon SNS list and publish actions, CloudWatch Logs reads, Performance Insights (pi:*) on RDS metrics and reports, and service-linked role creation for RDS.

What are the security risks of AmazonRDSFullAccess?

rds:* allows every Amazon RDS action on all resources, and the policy also allows sns:Publish and CloudWatch alarm changes. AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions, and you must consider the security risk of granting principals more permissions than they need. AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:*",
        "application-autoscaling:DeleteScalingPolicy",
        "application-autoscaling:DeregisterScalableTarget",
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalableTargets",
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalingPolicies",
        "application-autoscaling:PutScalingPolicy",
        "application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm",
        "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeCoipPools",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeLocalGatewayRouteTablePermissions",
        "ec2:DescribeLocalGatewayRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeLocalGatewayRouteTableVpcAssociations",
        "ec2:DescribeLocalGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:GetCoipPoolUsage",
        "sns:ListSubscriptions",
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "sns:Publish",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:GetLogEvents",
        "outposts:GetOutpostInstanceTypes",
        "devops-guru:GetResourceCollection"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "pi:*",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:pi:*:*:metrics/rds/*",
        "arn:aws:pi:*:*:perf-reports/rds/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": [
            "rds.amazonaws.com",
            "rds.application-autoscaling.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "devops-guru:SearchInsights",
        "devops-guru:ListAnomaliesForInsight"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "devops-guru:ServiceNames": [
            "RDS"
          ]
        },
        "Null": {
          "devops-guru:ServiceNames": "false"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v14, edited by AWS on 2023-08-17. 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/AmazonRDSFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonRDSFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

• AmazonRDSFullAccess (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports summary, practicalScope, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• Identity and access management for Amazon RDS: AWS managed policies (Amazon RDS User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports summary, useCases, 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 AmazonRDSFullAccess
• AWS service guide
• Report a data issue