AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleWorkerTier

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Summary

(Elastic Beanstalk operations role) Allows a worker environment tier to create an Amazon DynamoDB table and an Amazon SQS queue.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleWorkerTier
Default version: v1
Created: 2020-06-05
Last edited: 2020-06-05
Services: dynamodb, sqs

Control-plane actions (8)

By access level: 2 Read, 2 Tagging, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
DynamoDB	4 of 68	1 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 0 conditional	dynamodb:CreateTable, dynamodb:DeleteTable, dynamodb:DescribeTable, dynamodb:TagResource
SQS	4 of 20	1 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 0 conditional	sqs:CreateQueue, sqs:DeleteQueue, sqs:GetQueueAttributes, sqs:TagQueue

DynamoDB: 4 actions

dynamodb:CreateTable (Write)
dynamodb:DeleteTable (Write)
dynamodb:DescribeTable (Read)
dynamodb:TagResource (Tagging)

SQS: 4 actions

sqs:CreateQueue (Write)
sqs:DeleteQueue (Write)
sqs:GetQueueAttributes (Read)
sqs:TagQueue (Tagging)

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 6 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSQS",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sqs:TagQueue",
        "sqs:DeleteQueue",
        "sqs:GetQueueAttributes",
        "sqs:CreateQueue"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sqs:*:*:awseb-e-*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowDDB",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:CreateTable",
        "dynamodb:TagResource",
        "dynamodb:DescribeTable",
        "dynamodb:DeleteTable"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/awseb-e-*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2020-06-05. 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/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleWorkerTier
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleWorkerTier
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleWorkerTier

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.