AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess

Summary

This policy provides permissions to all public APIs of AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), as well as permissions to read KMS key information. Attach this policy to your IAM users or roles.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v15

Created

2021-04-07

Last edited

2026-11-09

Services

cloudwatch, drs, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, fsx, iam, kms, license-manager, mgn, s3-outposts, servicequotas, ssm

Control-plane actions (197)

By access level: 60 List, 35 Read, 3 Tagging, 99 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

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: mgn (91 of 91).
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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.

Related policies

Same service

• AdministratorAccess-AWSElasticBeanstalk
• AIDevOpsReleaseManagementVPCPolicy
• AmazonAppStreamServiceAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZoneEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectDeploymentPermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

Same domain

• AWSAgentlessDiscoveryService
• AWSApplicationDiscoveryAgentAccess
• AWSApplicationDiscoveryServiceFullAccess
• AWSApplicationMigrationAgentInstallationPolicy
• AWSApplicationMigrationAgentPolicy
• AWSApplicationMigrationAgentPolicy_v2
• AWSApplicationMigrationConversionServerPolicy
• AWSApplicationMigrationMGHAccess

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": "VisualEditor0",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "mgn:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribePlacementGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:GetEbsEncryptionByDefault",
        "ec2:GetEbsDefaultKmsKeyId"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor3",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "license-manager:ListLicenseConfigurations",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor4",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor5",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor6",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSApplicationMigrationLaunchInstanceWithSsmRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSApplicationMigrationLaunchInstanceWithDrsRole"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ec2.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor7",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:DescribeSourceServers"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor8",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        },
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor9",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:ListCommandInvocations"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor10",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor11",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeDocument",
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSDisasterRecovery-InstallDRAgentOnInstance",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSMigration-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor12",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:DisconnectSourceServer"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:drs:*:*:source-server/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        },
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceConfiguredDR": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor13",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter",
        "ssm:PutParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/ManagedByAWSApplicationMigrationService-*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor14",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "servicequotas:GetServiceQuota"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor15",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor16",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetDocument"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSDisasterRecovery-InstallDRAgentOnInstance",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSMigration-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor17",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameters"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/ManagedByAWSApplicationMigrationService-*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor18",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:StartAutomationExecution"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSMigration-*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWSMigration-*:$DEFAULT"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "mgn.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor19",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:ListCommands",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor20",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeParameters"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FSxReadPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:DescribeStorageVirtualMachines"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowTagSVMWithMapKeys",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:storage-virtual-machine/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "map-migrated",
            "aws-apn-id"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FSxDescribeOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:DescribeVolumes",
        "fsx:DescribeSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FSxCreateVolume",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:CreateVolume",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*/*",
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:storage-virtual-machine/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged": "false"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FSxDeleteVolumeAndTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:DeleteVolume",
        "fsx:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged": "false"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FSxCreateSnapshot",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:CreateSnapshot",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:snapshot/*/*",
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged": "false"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmViaMgnSendCommandToConnector",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:SendCommand",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:managed-instance/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3OutpostsReadPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3-outposts:ListOutpostsWithS3"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchDescribeOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v15, edited by AWS on 2026-11-09. 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/AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess
• Report a data issue