AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup

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/service-role/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackupCopy ARN

Default version

v30

Created

2019-01-10

Last edited

2026-02-23

Services

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

Control-plane actions (134)

By access level: 36 List, 3 Permissions management, 37 Read, 6 Tagging, 52 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: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants 61 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).
• 3 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

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:DescribeTable",
        "dynamodb:CreateBackup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBBackupResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:DescribeBackup",
        "dynamodb:DeleteBackup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*/backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
        "rds:ListTagsForResource",
        "rds:DescribeDBSnapshots",
        "rds:CreateDBSnapshot",
        "rds:CopyDBSnapshot",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:CreateDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots",
        "rds:CopyDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSInstanceAutomatedBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "rds:DeleteDBInstanceAutomatedBackup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:rds:*:*:auto-backup:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSClusterPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:ModifyDBCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSClusterBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "rds:DeleteDBClusterAutomatedBackup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster-auto-backup:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSModifyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:ModifyDBInstance"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DeleteDBSnapshot",
        "rds:ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:snapshot:awsbackup:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RDSClusterModifyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DeleteDBClusterSnapshot",
        "rds:ModifyDBClusterSnapshotAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster-snapshot:awsbackup:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "StorageGatewayPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "storagegateway:CreateSnapshot",
        "storagegateway:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:storagegateway:*:*:gateway/*/volume/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSCopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CopySnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CopyImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSTagAndDeletePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2Permissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateImage",
        "ec2:DeregisterImage",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceCreditSpecifications",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeElasticGpus",
        "ec2:DescribeSpotInstanceRequests",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2TagPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:image/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2ModifyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
        "ec2:ModifyImageAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSSnapshotTierPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotTier"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupVaultPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:DescribeBackupVault",
        "backup:CopyIntoBackupVault"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:backup-vault:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupVaultCopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:CopyFromBackupVault"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EFSPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticfilesystem:Backup",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticfilesystem:*:*:file-system/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDynamoDBPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "dynamodb.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:DescribeKey",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSCreateGrantPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:CreateGrant",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSEC2Permissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext",
        "kms:ReEncryptTo",
        "kms:ReEncryptFrom"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": "aws:ebs:id"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GetResourcesPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "tag:GetResources"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CancelCommand",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMSendPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:SendCommand",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSEC2-CreateVssSnapshot",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:DescribeBackups",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxCreateBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:CreateBackup",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*",
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*",
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:DescribeFileSystems",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxVolumePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:DescribeVolumes",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxListTagsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:ListTagsForResource",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:file-system/*",
        "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxDeletePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:DeleteBackup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "FsxResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "fsx:ListTagsForResource",
        "fsx:ManageBackupPrincipalAssociations",
        "fsx:CopyBackup",
        "fsx:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:fsx:*:*:backup/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamodbBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:StartAwsBackupJob",
        "dynamodb:ListTagsOfResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupGatewayBackupPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup-gateway:Backup",
        "backup-gateway:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup-gateway:*:*:vm/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudformationStackPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:ListStacks",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:CreateClusterSnapshot",
        "redshift:DescribeClusterSnapshots",
        "redshift:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*",
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftSnapshotPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:DeleteClusterSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:cluster:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:snapshot:*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:namespace/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessSnapshotPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/aws:backup:source-resource": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessGetPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:GetNamespace"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:namespace/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:GetSnapshot",
        "redshift-serverless:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift-serverless:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RedshiftServerlessListPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "redshift-serverless:ListNamespaces",
        "redshift-serverless:ListSnapshots",
        "redshift-serverless:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TimestreamResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "timestream:StartAwsBackupJob",
        "timestream:GetAwsBackupStatus",
        "timestream:ListTables",
        "timestream:ListDatabases",
        "timestream:ListTagsForResource",
        "timestream:DescribeTable",
        "timestream:DescribeDatabase"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:timestream:*:*:database/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TimestreamEndpointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "timestream:DescribeEndpoints"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMSAPPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm-sap:GetOperation",
        "ssm-sap:ListDatabases"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMSAPResourcePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm-sap:BackupDatabase",
        "ssm-sap:UpdateHanaBackupSettings",
        "ssm-sap:GetDatabase",
        "ssm-sap:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm-sap:*:*:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RecoveryPointTaggingPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalAccount": "${aws:ResourceAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DSQLResourcePermissionsForBackup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dsql:StartBackupJob",
        "dsql:GetBackupJob",
        "dsql:StopBackupJob",
        "dsql:GetCluster",
        "dsql:ListClusters",
        "dsql:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDSQLPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "dsql.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": "aws:dsql:ClusterId"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "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": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateBackupAccessEntry",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:CreateAccessEntry"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AssociateBackupAccessPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:AssociateAccessPolicy",
        "eks:DisassociateAccessPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "eks:policyArn": "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AWSBackupFullAccessPolicyForBackup",
          "eks:accessScope": "cluster"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyMalwareScanPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "guardduty:StartMalwareScan",
        "guardduty:GetMalwareScan"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyMalwareScanIAMPassPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "malware-protection.guardduty.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v30, edited by AWS on 2026-02-23. 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/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup

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

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

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

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
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