AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccess

Summary

Allows AWS IoT Device Tester to run the AWS Greengrass qualification suite by allowing access to related services including Lambda, IoT, API Gateway, IAM

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v4

Created

2020-02-20

Last edited

2020-06-25

Services

execute-api, greengrass, iam, iot, iot-device-tester, lambda, s3

Control-plane actions (144)

By access level: 28 List, 5 Permissions management, 40 Read, 2 Tagging, 69 Write.

Data-plane actions (4)

By access level: 1 List, 3 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: greengrass (52 of 52).
• 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

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonFreeRTOSOTAUpdate
• AmazonSageMakerEdgeDeviceFleetPolicy
• AWSDeepLensServiceRolePolicy
• AWSGreengrassFullAccess
• AWSGreengrassReadOnlyAccess
• AWSGreengrassResourceAccessRolePolicy
• AWSIoTConfigAccess
• AWSIoTConfigReadOnlyAccess

Same domain

• AmazonFreeRTOSFullAccess
• AmazonMonitronFullAccess
• AWSDeepRacerRoboMakerAccessPolicy
• AWSGroundStationAgentInstancePolicy
• AWSIoTAnalyticsFullAccess
• AWSIoTAnalyticsReadOnlyAccess
• AWSIoTDataAccess
• AWSIoTDeviceDefenderAddThingsToThingGroupMitigationAction

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": "VisualEditor1",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/idt-*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "iot.amazonaws.com",
            "lambda.amazonaws.com",
            "greengrass.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:CreateFunction",
        "iot:DeleteCertificate",
        "lambda:DeleteFunction",
        "execute-api:Invoke",
        "iot:UpdateCertificate"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:execute-api:us-east-1:098862408343:9xpmnvs5h4/prod/POST/metrics",
        "arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:idt-*",
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:cert/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor3",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iot:CreateThing",
        "iot:DeleteThing"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:thing/idt-*",
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:cert/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor4",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iot:AttachPolicy",
        "iot:DetachPolicy",
        "iot:DeletePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:policy/idt-*",
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:cert/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor5",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iot:CreateJob",
        "iot:DescribeJob",
        "iot:DescribeJobExecution",
        "iot:DeleteJob"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:thing/idt-*",
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:job/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor6",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iot:DescribeEndpoint",
        "greengrass:*",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "iot:CreatePolicy",
        "iot:GetThingShadow",
        "iot:CreateKeysAndCertificate",
        "iot:ListThings",
        "iot:UpdateThingShadow",
        "iot:CreateCertificateFromCsr",
        "iot-device-tester:SendMetrics",
        "iot-device-tester:SupportedVersion",
        "iot-device-tester:LatestIdt",
        "iot-device-tester:CheckVersion",
        "iot-device-tester:DownloadTestSuite"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor7",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iot:DetachThingPrincipal",
        "iot:AttachThingPrincipal"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:thing/idt-*",
        "arn:aws:iot:*:*:cert/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor8",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:DeleteObjectVersion",
        "s3:ListBucketVersions",
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:DeleteBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::idt*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, edited by AWS on 2020-06-25. 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/AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSIoTDeviceTesterForGreengrassFullAccess
• Report a data issue