AmazonWorkSpacesPoolServiceAccess

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Summary

This policy provides AWS WorkSpaces service access to required customer account resources for launching Workspaces Pools

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesPoolServiceAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2024-06-27
Last edited: 2024-06-27
Services: ec2, s3

Control-plane actions (10)

By access level: 6 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	5 of 834	5 List; 5 restricted, 5 conditional	ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones, ec2:DescribeRouteTables, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeVpcs
S3	5 of 155	1 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Write; 5 restricted, 5 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:GetBucketPolicy, s3:ListAllMyBuckets, s3:PutBucketPolicy, s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration

EC2: 5 actions

ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones (List)
ec2:DescribeRouteTables (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)

S3: 5 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:GetBucketPolicy (Read)
s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)
s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)
s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration (Write)

Data-plane actions (6)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read, 3 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	6 of 25	1 List, 2 Read, 3 Write; 6 restricted, 6 conditional	s3:DeleteObject, s3:DeleteObjectVersion, s3:GetObject, s3:GetObjectVersion, s3:ListBucket, s3:PutObject

S3: 6 actions

s3:DeleteObject (Write)
s3:DeleteObjectVersion (Write)
s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersion (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:PutObject (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 6 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

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": "ProvisioningWorkSpacesPoolPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "WorkSpacesPoolS3Permissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion",
        "s3:DeleteObjectVersion",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
        "s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::wspool-logs-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::wspool-app-settings-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::wspool-home-folder-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2024-06-27. 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/AmazonWorkSpacesPoolServiceAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesPoolServiceAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesPoolServiceAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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