AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing

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Summary

Policy containing permissions necessary for AWS Backup to index recovery points.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing
Default version: v3
Created: 2024-12-17
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ebs, ec2, kms

Control-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 1 Read, 1 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	1 of 834	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeSnapshots
KMS	2 of 58	1 Read, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt, kms:DescribeKey

EC2: 1 actions

ec2:DescribeSnapshots (List)

KMS: 2 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)
kms:DescribeKey (Read)

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Elastic Block Store	2 of 4	2 Read; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	ebs:GetSnapshotBlock, ebs:ListSnapshotBlocks

Elastic Block Store: 2 actions

ebs:GetSnapshotBlock (Read)
ebs:ListSnapshotBlocks (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 1 write, tagging or permissions-management action, 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.

Same service

Same domain

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": "EBSReadOnlyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSReadOnlyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:DescribeKey",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EBSDirectReadAPIPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ebs:ListSnapshotBlocks",
        "ebs:GetSnapshotBlock"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDataKeyForEC2Permissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, 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 CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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