AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy

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Summary

This policy allows installing and using the AWS Replication Agent, which is used by AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) to recover source servers that run on EC2 (cross-region or cross-AZ). An IAM role with this policy should be attached (as an EC2 Instance Profile) to the EC2 Instances.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy
Default version: v5
Created: 2022-05-26
Last edited: 2023-11-27
Services: drs, sts

Control-plane actions (18)

By access level: 5 Read, 2 Tagging, 11 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
DRS	16 of 110	5 Read, 1 Tagging, 10 Write; 11 restricted, 1 conditional	drs:CreateSourceNetwork, drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs, drs:GetAgentCommandForDrs, drs:GetAgentConfirmedResumeInfoForDrs, drs:GetAgentInstallationAssetsForDrs, drs:GetAgentReplicationInfoForDrs, drs:GetAgentRuntimeConfigurationForDrs, drs:SendAgentLogsForDrs, drs:SendAgentMetricsForDrs, drs:SendClientLogsForDrs, drs:SendClientMetricsForDrs, drs:TagResource and 4 more
STS	2 of 16	1 Tagging, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	sts:AssumeRole, sts:TagSession

DRS: 16 actions

drs:CreateSourceNetwork (Write)
drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs (Write)
drs:GetAgentCommandForDrs (Read)
drs:GetAgentConfirmedResumeInfoForDrs (Read)
drs:GetAgentInstallationAssetsForDrs (Read)
drs:GetAgentReplicationInfoForDrs (Read)
drs:GetAgentRuntimeConfigurationForDrs (Read)
drs:SendAgentLogsForDrs (Write)
drs:SendAgentMetricsForDrs (Write)
drs:SendClientLogsForDrs (Write)
drs:SendClientMetricsForDrs (Write)
drs:TagResource (Tagging)
drs:UpdateAgentBacklogForDrs (Write)
drs:UpdateAgentConversionInfoForDrs (Write)
drs:UpdateAgentReplicationInfoForDrs (Write)
drs:UpdateAgentSourcePropertiesForDrs (Write)

STS: 2 actions

sts:AssumeRole (Write)
sts:TagSession (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: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 13 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
3 granted write or permissions-management actions have no data-plane classification from AWS, so the data-plane rule cannot assess them.

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

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Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "DRSEc2InstancePolicy1",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:GetAgentInstallationAssetsForDrs",
        "drs:SendClientLogsForDrs",
        "drs:SendClientMetricsForDrs",
        "drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs",
        "drs:CreateSourceNetwork"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSEc2InstancePolicy2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:drs:*:*:source-server/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "drs:CreateAction": "CreateSourceServerForDrs"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSEc2InstancePolicy3",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:drs:*:*:source-network/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "drs:CreateAction": "CreateSourceNetwork"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSEc2InstancePolicy4",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:SendAgentMetricsForDrs",
        "drs:SendAgentLogsForDrs",
        "drs:UpdateAgentSourcePropertiesForDrs",
        "drs:UpdateAgentReplicationInfoForDrs",
        "drs:UpdateAgentConversionInfoForDrs",
        "drs:GetAgentCommandForDrs",
        "drs:GetAgentConfirmedResumeInfoForDrs",
        "drs:GetAgentRuntimeConfigurationForDrs",
        "drs:UpdateAgentBacklogForDrs",
        "drs:GetAgentReplicationInfoForDrs"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:drs:*:*:source-server/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSEc2InstancePolicy5",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sts:AssumeRole",
        "sts:TagSession"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/DRSCrossAccountAgentAuthorizedRole_*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SourceInstanceARN": "${ec2:SourceInstanceARN}"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "sts:TransitiveTagKeys": "SourceInstanceARN"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2023-11-27. 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/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awselasticdisasterrecoveryec2instancepolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryEc2InstancePolicy"),
);

Sources

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