AWSCodeDeployRoleForLambda

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Summary

Provides CodeDeploy service access to perform a Lambda deployment on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSCodeDeployRoleForLambda
Default version: v3
Created: 2017-11-28
Last edited: 2019-12-03
Services: cloudwatch, lambda, s3, sns

Control-plane actions (4)

By access level: 3 Read, 1 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 160	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms
Lambda	3 of 121	2 Read, 1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	lambda:GetAlias, lambda:GetProvisionedConcurrencyConfig, lambda:UpdateAlias

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms (Read)

Lambda: 3 actions

lambda:GetAlias (Read)
lambda:GetProvisionedConcurrencyConfig (Read)
lambda:UpdateAlias (Write)

Data-plane actions (4)

By access level: 2 Read, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Lambda	1 of 14	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	lambda:InvokeFunction
S3	2 of 25	2 Read; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetObject, s3:GetObjectVersion
SNS	All 1 actions (see the SNS page)	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:Publish

Lambda: 1 actions

lambda:InvokeFunction (Write)

S3: 2 actions

s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersion (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 3 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.

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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "lambda:UpdateAlias",
        "lambda:GetAlias",
        "lambda:GetProvisionedConcurrencyConfig",
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*/CodeDeploy/*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "s3:ExistingObjectTag/UseWithCodeDeploy": "true"
        }
      },
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "lambda:InvokeFunction"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:CodeDeployHook_*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2019-12-03. 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/service-role/AWSCodeDeployRoleForLambda
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSCodeDeployRoleForLambda
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSCodeDeployRoleForLambda

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.