AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess

Summary

Provides Amplify full access permissions to deploy Amplify backend resources (AWS AppSync, Amazon Cognito, Amazon S3 and other related services) via the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v9

Created

2023-10-06

Last edited

2024-11-14

Services

amplify, appsync, cloudformation, ec2, lambda, logs, rds, s3, ssm, sts

Control-plane actions (34)

By access level: 11 List, 12 Read, 11 Write.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 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 12 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.

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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": "CDKPreDeploy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/amplify-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/CDKToolkit/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifyMetadata",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "amplify:ListApps",
        "cloudformation:ListStacks",
        "ssm:DescribeParameters",
        "appsync:GetIntrospectionSchema",
        "amplify:GetBackendEnvironment"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifyHotSwappableResources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appsync:GetSchemaCreationStatus",
        "appsync:StartSchemaCreation",
        "appsync:UpdateResolver",
        "appsync:ListFunctions",
        "appsync:UpdateFunction",
        "appsync:UpdateApiKey"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifyHotSwappableFunctionResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:InvokeFunction",
        "lambda:UpdateFunctionCode",
        "lambda:GetFunction",
        "lambda:UpdateFunctionConfiguration"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:amplify-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifySandboxLambdaLogsStreamingListTags",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:ListTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:amplify-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifySandboxLambdaLogsStreamingFilterLogEvents",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:FilterLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/lambda/amplify-*:*",
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:amplify-*:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifySchema",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::*amplify*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::cdk-*-assets-*-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CDKDeploy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sts:AssumeRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/cdk-*-deploy-role-*-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/cdk-*-file-publishing-role-*-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/cdk-*-image-publishing-role-*-*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/cdk-*-lookup-role-*-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifySSM",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParametersByPath",
        "ssm:GetParameters",
        "ssm:GetParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/amplify/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/cdk-bootstrap/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifyModifySSMParam",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:PutParameter",
        "ssm:DeleteParameter",
        "ssm:DeleteParameters"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/amplify/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AmplifyDiscoverRDSVpcConfig",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeDBProxies",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*",
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster:*",
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db-proxy:*",
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:subgrp:*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v9, edited by AWS on 2024-11-14. 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/service-role/AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmplifyBackendDeployFullAccess
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