AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess

Summary

The search operator role has access to create backup indexes, create searches of backup metadata that has been indexed. This policy contains the necessary permissions for these search operator functions.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v6

Created

2025-02-27

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

backup, backup-search, kms

Control-plane actions (13)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Permissions management, 4 Read, 5 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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

• Grants 7 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
• 2 granted write or permissions-management actions have no data-plane classification from AWS, so the data-plane rule cannot assess them.

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": "StartSearchAndListPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup-search:StartSearchJob",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobs",
        "backup-search:ListSearchResultExportJobs",
        "backup:ListIndexedRecoveryPointsForSearch"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupSearchRecoveryPointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:SearchRecoveryPoint"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SearchAndExportPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup-search:StartSearchResultExportJob",
        "backup-search:StopSearchJob",
        "backup-search:GetSearchJob",
        "backup-search:GetSearchResultExportJob",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobResults",
        "backup-search:ListSearchJobBackups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:backup-search:*:*:search-job/*",
        "arn:aws:backup-search:*:*:search-export-job/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDataKeyForSearchAndExportPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": [
            "aws:backup-search:search-job"
          ]
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "backup.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v6, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess
• Report a data issue