AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary

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Summary

The AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary policy defines the list of permissions that are permitted in an IAM role created by Quick Setup. Quick Setup uses a role created with this policy to deploy AWS Config conformance packs.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary
Default version: v1
Created: 2024-06-26
Last edited: 2024-06-26
Services: compute-optimizer, config, iam, ssm, support

Control-plane actions (11)

By access level: 2 List, 5 Read, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Compute Optimizer	1 of 28	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus
Config	3 of 102	2 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders, config:DescribeConformancePackStatus, config:PutConformancePack
IAM	4 of 190	1 List, 1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 2 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:GetRole, iam:ListRoles, iam:PassRole
Systems Manager	2 of 164	1 Read, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:GetServiceSetting, ssm:UpdateServiceSetting
Support	1 of 39	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks

Compute Optimizer: 1 actions

compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus (List)

Config: 3 actions

config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)
config:DescribeConformancePackStatus (Read)
config:PutConformancePack (Write)

IAM: 4 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:GetRole (Read)
iam:ListRoles (List)
iam:PassRole (Write)

Systems Manager: 2 actions

ssm:GetServiceSetting (Read)
ssm:UpdateServiceSetting (Write)

Support: 1 actions

support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks (Read)

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.
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.

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": "ConfigurationRoleGetPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-CFGCPacks*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ConfigurationRolePassToSSMPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-CFGCPacks*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PutCPackPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:PutConformancePack"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:config:*:*:conformance-pack/AWS-QuickSetup-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": [
            "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribeCPacksPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:DescribeConformancePackStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ConformancePacksSLRCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/config-conforms.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfigConforms"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "config-conforms.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SystemsManagerSLRCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ssm.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonSSM"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EnableExplorerReadOnlyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus",
        "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ServiceSettingsForExplorerUpdatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:UpdateServiceSetting",
        "ssm:GetServiceSetting"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsitem/ssm-patchmanager",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsitem/EC2",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/ExplorerOnboarded",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/Association",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/ComputeOptimizer",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/ConfigCompliance",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/OpsData-TrustedAdvisor",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:servicesetting/ssm/opsdata/SupportCenterCase"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2024-06-26. 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/AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupCFGCPacksPermissionsBoundary

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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