AWSConfigRulesExecutionRole

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Summary

Allows an AWS Lambda function to access the AWS Config API and the configuration snapshots that AWS Config delivers periodically to Amazon S3. This access is required by functions that evaluate configuration changes for custom Config rules.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSConfigRulesExecutionRole
Default version: v3
Created: 2016-03-25
Last edited: 2019-05-13
Services: config, s3

Control-plane actions (75)

By access level: 18 List, 39 Read, 18 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Config	75 of 102	18 List, 39 Read, 18 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	config:BatchGet, config:Describe, config:Get, config:List, config:Put, config:Select

Config: 75 actions

config:BatchGetAggregateResourceConfig (Read)
config:BatchGetResourceConfig (Read)
config:DescribeAggregateComplianceByConfigRules (Read)
config:DescribeAggregateComplianceByConformancePacks (Read)
config:DescribeAggregationAuthorizations (List)
config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule (Read)
config:DescribeComplianceByResource (Read)
config:DescribeConfigRuleEvaluationStatus (Read)
config:DescribeConfigRules (List)
config:DescribeConfigurationAggregatorSourcesStatus (Read)
config:DescribeConfigurationAggregators (List)
config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus (Read)
config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)
config:DescribeConformancePackCompliance (Read)
config:DescribeConformancePackStatus (Read)
config:DescribeConformancePacks (List)
config:DescribeDeliveryChannelStatus (Read)
config:DescribeDeliveryChannels (List)
config:DescribeOrganizationConfigRuleStatuses (Read)
config:DescribeOrganizationConfigRules (List)
config:DescribeOrganizationConformancePackStatuses (Read)
config:DescribeOrganizationConformancePacks (List)
config:DescribePendingAggregationRequests (List)
config:DescribeRemediationConfigurations (List)
config:DescribeRemediationExceptions (List)
config:DescribeRemediationExecutionStatus (Read)
config:DescribeRetentionConfigurations (List)
config:GetAggregateComplianceDetailsByConfigRule (Read)
config:GetAggregateConfigRuleComplianceSummary (Read)
config:GetAggregateConformancePackComplianceSummary (Read)
config:GetAggregateDiscoveredResourceCounts (Read)
config:GetAggregateResourceConfig (Read)
config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule (Read)
config:GetComplianceDetailsByResource (Read)
config:GetComplianceSummaryByConfigRule (Read)
config:GetComplianceSummaryByResourceType (Read)
config:GetConformancePackComplianceDetails (Read)
config:GetConformancePackComplianceSummary (Read)
config:GetConnector (Read)
config:GetCustomRulePolicy (Read)
config:GetDiscoveredResourceCounts (Read)
config:GetOrganizationConfigRuleDetailedStatus (Read)
config:GetOrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus (Read)
config:GetOrganizationCustomRulePolicy (Read)
config:GetResourceConfigHistory (Read)
config:GetResourceEvaluationSummary (Read)
config:GetStoredQuery (Read)
config:ListAggregateDiscoveredResources (List)
config:ListConfigurationRecorders (List)
config:ListConformancePackComplianceScores (List)
config:ListConnectors (List)
config:ListDiscoveredResources (List)
config:ListResourceEvaluations (List)
config:ListStoredQueries (List)
config:ListTagsForResource (Read)
config:PutAggregationAuthorization (Write)
config:PutConfigRule (Write)
config:PutConfigurationAggregator (Write)
config:PutConfigurationRecorder (Write)
config:PutConformancePack (Write)
config:PutConnector (Write)
config:PutDeliveryChannel (Write)
config:PutEvaluations (Write)
config:PutExternalEvaluation (Write)
config:PutOrganizationConfigRule (Write)
config:PutOrganizationConformancePack (Write)
config:PutRemediationConfigurations (Write)
config:PutRemediationExceptions (Write)
config:PutResourceConfig (Write)
config:PutRetentionConfiguration (Write)
config:PutServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder (Write)
config:PutStoredQuery (Write)
config:PutThirdPartyServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder (Write)
config:SelectAggregateResourceConfig (Read)
config:SelectResourceConfig (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetObject

S3: 1 actions

s3:GetObject (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 18 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*/AWSLogs/*/Config/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:Put*",
        "config:Get*",
        "config:List*",
        "config:Describe*",
        "config:BatchGet*",
        "config:Select*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2019-05-13. 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/AWSConfigRulesExecutionRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSConfigRulesExecutionRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSConfigRulesExecutionRole

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.