AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2

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Summary

This policy is used by AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) to recover source servers into a separate target account and to allow failing back. We do not recommend that you attach this policy to your IAM users or roles.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2
Default version: v3
Created: 2023-01-05
Last edited: 2026-09-09
Services: drs, ec2

Control-plane actions (10)

By access level: 1 Permissions management, 6 Read, 3 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
DRS	9 of 110	6 Read, 3 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	drs:CreateConvertedSnapshotForDrs, drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs, drs:DescribeJobLogItems, drs:DescribeJobs, drs:DescribeRecoverySnapshots, drs:DescribeReplicationConfigurationTemplates, drs:DescribeSourceServers, drs:GetReplicationConfiguration, drs:IssueAgentCertificateForDrs
EC2	1 of 834	1 Permissions management; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute

DRS: 9 actions

drs:CreateConvertedSnapshotForDrs (Write)
drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs (Write)
drs:DescribeJobLogItems (Read)
drs:DescribeJobs (Read)
drs:DescribeRecoverySnapshots (Read)
drs:DescribeReplicationConfigurationTemplates (Read)
drs:DescribeSourceServers (Read)
drs:GetReplicationConfiguration (Read)
drs:IssueAgentCertificateForDrs (Write)

EC2: 1 actions

ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute (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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

Grants 4 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
2 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

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": "DRSStagingAccountPolicyv21",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:DescribeSourceServers",
        "drs:DescribeRecoverySnapshots",
        "drs:CreateConvertedSnapshotForDrs",
        "drs:GetReplicationConfiguration",
        "drs:DescribeJobs",
        "drs:DescribeJobLogItems"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSStagingAccountPolicyv22",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:Add/userId": "${aws:SourceIdentity}"
        },
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryManaged": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSStagingAccountPolicyv23",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "drs:IssueAgentCertificateForDrs",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:drs:*:*:source-server/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DRSStagingAccountPolicyv24",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "drs:CreateSourceServerForDrs",
        "drs:DescribeReplicationConfigurationTemplates"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-09-09. 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/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awselasticdisasterrecoverystagingaccountpolicy_v2" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryStagingAccountPolicy_v2"),
);

Sources

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