AWSDMSServerlessServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Grants AWS DMS Serverless permissions to create and manage DMS resources in your account on your behalf

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSDMSServerlessServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v10
Created: 2023-05-18
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: dms, s3

Control-plane actions (16)

By access level: 1 Permissions management, 4 Read, 11 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
DMS	13 of 125	3 Read, 10 Write; 11 restricted, 9 conditional	dms:CreateReplicationInstance, dms:CreateReplicationTask, dms:DeleteConnection, dms:DeleteReplicationInstance, dms:DeleteReplicationTask, dms:DescribeReplicationInstances, dms:DescribeReplicationTasks, dms:ModifyReplicationInstance, dms:ModifyReplicationTask, dms:StartReplicationTask, dms:StartReplicationTaskAssessmentRun, dms:StopReplicationTask and 1 more
S3	3 of 155	1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 1 Write; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:PutBucketPolicy

DMS: 13 actions

dms:CreateReplicationInstance (Write)
dms:CreateReplicationTask (Write)
dms:DeleteConnection (Write)
dms:DeleteReplicationInstance (Write)
dms:DeleteReplicationTask (Write)
dms:DescribeReplicationInstances (Read)
dms:DescribeReplicationTasks (Read)
dms:ModifyReplicationInstance (Write)
dms:ModifyReplicationTask (Write)
dms:StartReplicationTask (Write)
dms:StartReplicationTaskAssessmentRun (Write)
dms:StopReplicationTask (Write)
dms:TestConnection (Read)

S3: 3 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)

Data-plane actions (5)

By access level: 1 List, 1 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	5 of 25	1 List, 1 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 5 restricted, 5 conditional	s3:DeleteObject, s3:GetObject, s3:ListBucket, s3:PutObject, s3:PutObjectTagging

S3: 5 actions

s3:DeleteObject (Write)
s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:PutObject (Write)
s3:PutObjectTagging (Tagging)

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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 15 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

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "id0",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:CreateReplicationInstance",
        "dms:CreateReplicationTask"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "dms:req-tag/ResourceCreatedBy": "DMSServerless"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id1",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:DescribeReplicationInstances",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationTasks"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:StartReplicationTask",
        "dms:StopReplicationTask",
        "dms:ModifyReplicationTask",
        "dms:DeleteReplicationTask",
        "dms:ModifyReplicationInstance",
        "dms:DeleteReplicationInstance"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:rep:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:task:*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEqualsIgnoreCase": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/ResourceCreatedBy": "DMSServerless"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id3",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:TestConnection",
        "dms:DeleteConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:rep:*",
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:endpoint:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id4",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:PutObjectTagging"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::dms-serverless-premigration-results-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::dms-premigration-results-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "s3:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id5",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:CreateBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::dms-serverless-premigration-results-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::dms-premigration-results-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "s3:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "id6",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:StartReplicationTaskAssessmentRun"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:task:*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

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