AWSCodeStarServiceRole

Summary

DO NOT USE - AWS CodeStar Service Role Policy which grants administrative privileges in order for CodeStar to manage IAM and other service resources on behalf of the customer.

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

Identity

ARN

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

Default version

v12

Created

2017-04-19

Last edited

2026-09-08

Services

autoscaling, cloud9, cloudformation, cloudwatch, codebuild, codecommit, codedeploy, codepipeline, codestar-connections, config, ec2, elasticbeanstalk, elasticloadbalancing, events, iam, logs, s3, sns

Control-plane actions (1711)

By access level: 372 List, 67 Permissions management, 290 Read, 33 Tagging, 949 Write.

Data-plane actions (27)

By access level: 3 List, 3 Permissions management, 8 Read, 4 Tagging, 9 Write.

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: autoscaling (43 of 43), codebuild (37 of 37), codecommit (46 of 46), codedeploy (19 of 19), codepipeline (27 of 27), ec2 (544 of 544), elasticbeanstalk (26 of 26), elasticloadbalancing (51 of 51), logs (70 of 70), and 1 more.
• Grants data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).
• Grants permissions-management actions on iam, 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.

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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": "ProjectEventRules",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:DescribeRule"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/awscodestar-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectStack",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:*Stack*",
        "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/awscodestar-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/awseb-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-cloud9-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:aws:transform/CodeStar*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectStackTemplate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary",
        "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudFormationTagOnCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:TagResource",
        "cloudformation:UntagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/awscodestar-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/awseb-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-cloud9-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:aws:transform/CodeStar*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudformation:CreateAction": [
            "CreateStack",
            "UpdateStack",
            "CreateChangeSet",
            "ExecuteChangeSet"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectQuickstarts",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::awscodestar-*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectS3Buckets",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-codestar-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::elasticbeanstalk-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectServices",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar:*",
        "codecommit:*",
        "codepipeline:*",
        "codedeploy:*",
        "codebuild:*",
        "autoscaling:*",
        "cloudwatch:Put*",
        "ec2:*",
        "elasticbeanstalk:*",
        "elasticloadbalancing:*",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "logs:*",
        "sns:*",
        "cloud9:CreateEnvironmentEC2",
        "cloud9:DeleteEnvironment",
        "cloud9:DescribeEnvironment*",
        "cloud9:ListEnvironments"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectWorkerRoles",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:PassRole",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:PutRolePolicy",
        "iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion",
        "iam:CreatePolicy",
        "iam:DeletePolicy",
        "iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile",
        "iam:CreateInstanceProfile",
        "iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
        "iam:RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/CodeStarWorker*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:policy/CodeStarWorker*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/awscodestar-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectTeamMembers",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachUserPolicy",
        "iam:DetachUserPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnEquals": {
          "iam:PolicyArn": [
            "arn:aws:iam::*:policy/CodeStar_*"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectRoles",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreatePolicy",
        "iam:DeletePolicy",
        "iam:CreatePolicyVersion",
        "iam:DeletePolicyVersion",
        "iam:ListEntitiesForPolicy",
        "iam:ListPolicyVersions",
        "iam:GetPolicy",
        "iam:GetPolicyVersion"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:policy/CodeStar_*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "InspectServiceRole",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-codestar-service-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/aws-codestar-service-role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMLinkRole",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "cloud9.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribeConfigRuleForARN",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:DescribeConfigRules"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectCodeStarConnections",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-connections:UseConnection",
        "codestar-connections:GetConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProjectCodeStarConnectionsPassConnections",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "codestar-connections:PassConnection",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEqualsIfExists": {
          "codestar-connections:PassedToService": "codepipeline.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v12, edited by AWS on 2026-09-08. 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/AWSCodeStarServiceRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSCodeStarServiceRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSCodeStarServiceRole

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSCodeStarServiceRole
• Report a data issue