AWSDirectoryServiceDataFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to AWS Directory Service Data.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSDirectoryServiceDataFullAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2024-09-18
Last edited: 2024-09-18
Services: ds, ds-data

Control-plane actions (18)

By access level: 4 List, 1 Permissions management, 4 Read, 9 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Directory Service	1 of 91	1 Permissions management; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	ds:AccessDSData
Directory Service Data	All 17 actions (see the Directory Service Data page)	4 List, 4 Read, 9 Write; 17 restricted, 0 conditional	ds-data:AddGroupMember, ds-data:CreateGroup, ds-data:CreateUser, ds-data:DeleteGroup, ds-data:DeleteUser, ds-data:DescribeGroup, ds-data:DescribeUser, ds-data:DisableUser, ds-data:ListGroupMembers, ds-data:ListGroups, ds-data:ListGroupsForMember, ds-data:ListUsers and 5 more

Directory Service: 1 actions

ds:AccessDSData (Permissions management)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: scoped.

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.

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

AWSDirectoryServiceDataReadOnlyAccess

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": "DSDataFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ds:AccessDSData",
        "ds-data:AddGroupMember",
        "ds-data:CreateGroup",
        "ds-data:CreateUser",
        "ds-data:DeleteGroup",
        "ds-data:DeleteUser",
        "ds-data:DescribeGroup",
        "ds-data:DescribeUser",
        "ds-data:DisableUser",
        "ds-data:ListGroupMembers",
        "ds-data:ListGroups",
        "ds-data:ListGroupsForMember",
        "ds-data:ListUsers",
        "ds-data:RemoveGroupMember",
        "ds-data:SearchGroups",
        "ds-data:SearchUsers",
        "ds-data:UpdateGroup",
        "ds-data:UpdateUser"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ds:*:*:directory/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2024-09-18. 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/AWSDirectoryServiceDataFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSDirectoryServiceDataFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSDirectoryServiceDataFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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