AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup

Summary

Provides AWS Backup permission to create backups on your behalf across AWS services

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

Identity

ARN

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

Default version

v31

Created

2020-06-02

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

backup, backup-gateway, cloudformation, dsql, dynamodb, ec2, eks, elasticfilesystem, events, fsx, kms, organizations, rds, redshift, redshift-serverless, s3, ssm-sap, storagegateway, tag, timestream

Control-plane actions (97)

By access level: 34 List, 1 Permissions management, 33 Read, 4 Tagging, 25 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 List.

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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

• Grants 30 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": "EFSResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticfilesystem:Backup",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticfilesystem:*:*:file-system/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/aws:elasticfilesystem:default-backup": "enabled"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "tag:GetResources",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
        "dynamodb:ListTables",
        "storagegateway:ListVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "fsx:DescribeFileSystems",
        "fsx:DescribeVolumes",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:GetBucketTagging"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SnapshotCopyTagPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CopySnapshot"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CreateBackupTagPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "AWSBackupManagedResource"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CreateTagsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSBackupManagedResource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2RDSDescribePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "rds:DescribeDBSnapshots",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSCopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CopySnapshot",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CopyImage",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2ModifyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeregisterImage",
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot",
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotTier"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSBackupManagedResource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSInstanceAndSnashotPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
        "rds:CopyDBSnapshot",
        "rds:DeleteDBSnapshot",
        "rds:DeleteDBInstanceAutomatedBackup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:rds:*:*:snapshot:awsbackup:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSClusterPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
        "rds:CopyDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster-snapshot:awsbackup:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSSnapshotTenantDatabasePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:AddTagsToResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:snapshot-tenant-database:awsbackup:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDescribePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:DescribeKey",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSGrantPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:ListGrants",
        "kms:ReEncryptFrom",
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com",
            "rds.*.amazonaws.com",
            "fsx.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSCreateGrantPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:CreateGrant",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": "true"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com",
            "rds.*.amazonaws.com",
            "fsx.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:CopyBackup",
        "fsx:TagResource",
        "fsx:DescribeBackups",
        "fsx:DeleteBackup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBDeletePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "dynamodb:DeleteBackup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*/backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup-gateway:ListVirtualMachines"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ListTagsForBackupGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup-gateway:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup-gateway:*:*:vm/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:ListTagsOfResource",
        "dynamodb:DescribeTable"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "StorageGatewayPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "storagegateway:DescribeCachediSCSIVolumes",
        "storagegateway:DescribeStorediSCSIVolumes"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:storagegateway:*:*:gateway/*/volume/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:EnableRule",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:ListTargetsByRule",
        "events:DisableRule"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/AwsBackupManagedRule*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgeRulesPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "events:ListRules",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMSAPPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm-sap:GetOperation",
        "ssm-sap:UpdateHANABackupSettings"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TimestreamResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "timestream:ListDatabases",
        "timestream:ListTables",
        "timestream:ListTagsForResource",
        "timestream:DescribeDatabase",
        "timestream:DescribeTable",
        "timestream:GetAwsBackupStatus",
        "timestream:GetAwsRestoreStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:timestream:*:*:database/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TimestreamPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "timestream:DescribeEndpoints"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftDescribePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:DescribeClusterSnapshots",
        "redshift:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*",
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftClusterSnapshotPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:DeleteClusterSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftClusterPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessGetPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:GetNamespace",
        "redshift-serverless:GetSnapshot",
        "redshift-serverless:GetWorkgroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:namespace/*",
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:workgroup/*",
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessDeleteSnapshotPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessListPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:ListNamespaces",
        "redshift-serverless:ListSnapshots",
        "redshift-serverless:ListTagsForResource",
        "redshift-serverless:ListWorkgroups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudformationStackPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:ListStacks"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RecoveryPointTaggingPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalAccount": "${aws:ResourceAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DSQLListPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dsql:ListClusters",
        "dsql:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrgsListDelegatedAdmins",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "organizations:ServicePrincipal": [
            "backup.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EKSClusterConfigurationBackup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:ListClusters",
        "eks:ListTagsForResource",
        "eks:DescribeCluster",
        "eks:ListAddons",
        "eks:DescribeAddon",
        "eks:ListNodegroups",
        "eks:DescribeNodegroup",
        "eks:ListPodIdentityAssociations",
        "eks:DescribePodIdentityAssociation",
        "eks:ListAccessEntries",
        "eks:DescribeAccessEntry",
        "eks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicies",
        "eks:ListFargateProfiles",
        "eks:DescribeFargateProfile",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v31, 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

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup
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