AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore

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Summary

Policy containing permissions necessary for AWS Backup to restore a S3 backup to a bucket. This includes read/write permissions to all S3 buckets, and permissions to GenerateDataKey and DescribeKey for all KMS keys.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore
Default version: v2
Created: 2022-02-18
Last edited: 2023-02-07
Services: kms, s3

Control-plane actions (9)

By access level: 1 Permissions management, 4 Read, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
KMS	3 of 58	1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	kms:Decrypt, kms:DescribeKey, kms:GenerateDataKey
S3	6 of 155	1 Permissions management, 3 Read, 2 Write; 6 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:GetBucketOwnershipControls, s3:GetBucketVersioning, s3:PutBucketOwnershipControls, s3:PutBucketVersioning

KMS: 3 actions

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

S3: 6 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:GetBucketOwnershipControls (Read)
s3:GetBucketVersioning (Read)
s3:PutBucketOwnershipControls (Permissions management)
s3:PutBucketVersioning (Write)

Data-plane actions (13)

By access level: 3 List, 2 Permissions management, 5 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	13 of 25	3 List, 2 Permissions management, 5 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 13 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:DeleteObject, s3:GetObject, s3:GetObjectAcl, s3:GetObjectTagging, s3:GetObjectVersion, s3:GetObjectVersionAcl, s3:ListBucket, s3:ListBucketVersions, s3:ListMultipartUploadParts, s3:PutObject, s3:PutObjectAcl, s3:PutObjectTagging and 1 more

S3: 13 actions

s3:DeleteObject (Write)
s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:GetObjectAcl (Read)
s3:GetObjectTagging (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersion (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersionAcl (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:ListBucketVersions (List)
s3:ListMultipartUploadParts (List)
s3:PutObject (Write)
s3:PutObjectAcl (Permissions management)
s3:PutObjectTagging (Tagging)
s3:PutObjectVersionAcl (Permissions management)

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 10 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:ListBucketVersions",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketVersioning",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:PutBucketVersioning",
        "s3:PutBucketOwnershipControls",
        "s3:GetBucketOwnershipControls"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:PutObjectVersionAcl",
        "s3:GetObjectVersionAcl",
        "s3:GetObjectTagging",
        "s3:PutObjectTagging",
        "s3:GetObjectAcl",
        "s3:PutObjectAcl",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey",
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2023-02-07. 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/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsbackupservicerolepolicyfors3restore" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Restore"),
);

Sources

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