AWSMigrationHubDiscoveryAccess

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Summary

Policy allows AWSMigrationHubService to call AWSApplicationDiscoveryService on behalf of the customer.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMigrationHubDiscoveryAccess
Default version: v3
Created: 2017-08-14
Last edited: 2020-08-06
Services: discovery, dms, ec2

Control-plane actions (5)

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

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Application Discovery	2 of 29	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	discovery:DescribeConfigurations, discovery:ListConfigurations
DMS	1 of 125	1 Tagging; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	dms:AddTagsToResource
EC2	2 of 834	1 List, 1 Tagging; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute

Application Discovery: 2 actions

discovery:DescribeConfigurations (Read)
discovery:ListConfigurations (List)

DMS: 1 actions

dms:AddTagsToResource (Tagging)

EC2: 2 actions

ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute (List)

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 2 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "discovery:ListConfigurations",
        "discovery:DescribeConfigurations"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "aws:migrationhub:source-id"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "dms:AddTagsToResource",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:dms:*:*:endpoint:*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "aws:migrationhub:source-id"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2020-08-06. 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/AWSMigrationHubDiscoveryAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMigrationHubDiscoveryAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSMigrationHubDiscoveryAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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