AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to AWS Glue via the AWS Management Console. The AWS Glue Developer Guide says it grants full access to AWS Glue resources when an identity that the policy is attached to uses the console, and that you get full console capabilities if you follow the naming convention for resources in the policy.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSGlueConsoleFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v15

Created

2017-08-14

Last edited

2026-09-10

Services

cloudformation, cloudwatch, databrew, dynamodb, ec2, glue, iam, kms, logs, rds, redshift, s3, tag

Control-plane actions (352)

By access level: 51 List, 36 Permissions management, 105 Read, 6 Tagging, 154 Write.

Data-plane actions (4)

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

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: glue (184 of 184).
• Grants data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

Guidance

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonAthenaFullAccess
• AmazonDataZoneEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneGlueManageAccessRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZonePreviewConsoleFullAccess
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy
• AmazonGrafanaAthenaAccess

Same domain

• AmazonChimeSDKMediaPipelinesServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonChimeSDKMessagingServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZoneDomainExecutionRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZoneFullAccess
• AmazonDataZoneFullUserAccess
• AmazonDataZoneRedshiftGlueProvisioningPolicy
• AmazonDataZoneRedshiftManageAccessRolePolicy
• AmazonElasticMapReduceforAutoScalingRole

Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess?

The AWS Glue Developer Guide says AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess is typically attached to users of the AWS Glue console and grants full console capabilities if you follow the naming convention for resources in the policy. Attach it to identities that need to build and manage Glue resources in the console.

What does AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess grant?

It allows glue:* on all resources plus read actions for many related services, s3:GetObject and s3:PutObject on three aws-glue-* resource patterns (one matches any bucket, for object keys with an aws-glue- path segment), CloudFormation stack create and delete on aws-glue* stacks, EC2 instance launch and iam:PassRole for AWSGlueServiceRole* and AWSGlueServiceNotebookRole* roles.

What are the security risks of AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess?

glue:* on all resources gives full control of AWS Glue. The policy can also create and delete aws-glue* CloudFormation stacks, launch EC2 instances and pass the named service roles. AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions, and you must consider the security risk of granting principals more permissions than they need. AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "BaseAppPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "glue:*",
        "redshift:DescribeClusters",
        "redshift:DescribeClusterSubnetGroups",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:ListUsers",
        "iam:ListGroups",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "cloudformation:ListStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary",
        "dynamodb:ListTables",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:ListDashboards",
        "databrew:ListRecipes",
        "databrew:ListRecipeVersions",
        "databrew:DescribeRecipe"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-glue-*/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::*/*aws-glue-*/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-glue-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "tag:GetResources"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-glue-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:GetLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:/aws-glue/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-glue*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudFormationTagOnCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:TagResource",
        "cloudformation:UntagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-glue*/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudformation:CreateAction": [
            "CreateStack"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:key-pair/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/aws:cloudformation:stack-id": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-glue-*/*"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/aws:cloudformation:logical-id": "ZeppelinInstance"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSGlueServiceRole*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "glue.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSGlueServiceNotebookRole*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ec2.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSGlueServiceRole*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "glue.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v15, edited by AWS on 2026-09-10. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

• AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, practicalScope, useCases, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• Granting AWS managed policies for AWS Glue (AWS Glue Developer Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, useCases, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• Grant a user permissions to pass a role to an AWS service (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports securityConsiderations)
• Managed policies and inline policies (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports securityConsiderations, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for job functions (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports bestPractices, faqs)

• Official AWS reference for AWSGlueConsoleFullAccess
• AWS service guide
• Report a data issue