AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary
Summary
QuickSetup creates IAM roles which enable it to configure the Systems Manager Patch Manager feature on your behalf, and uses this policy when creating such roles to define the boundary of their permissions.
Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.
Identity
- ARN
arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary- Default version
- v5
- Created
- Last edited
- Services
- compute-optimizer, config, ec2, iam, lambda, logs, s3, ssm, support
Control-plane actions (147)
By access level: 21 List, 12 Permissions management, 67 Read, 9 Tagging, 38 Write.
| Service | Granted | Access levels and limits | Granted by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Optimizer | 1 of 28 | 1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional | compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus |
| Config | 1 of 102 | 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional | config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders |
| EC2 | 6 of 834 | 2 List, 2 Tagging, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional | ec2:AssociateIamInstanceProfile, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DeleteTags, ec2:DescribeIamInstanceProfileAssociations, ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DisassociateIamInstanceProfile |
| IAM | 16 of 190 | 2 List, 2 Permissions management, 3 Read, 2 Tagging, 7 Write; 11 restricted, 9 conditional | iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile, iam:AttachRolePolicy, iam:CreateInstanceProfile, iam:CreateRole, iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:DeleteRole, iam:DetachRolePolicy, iam:GetInstanceProfile, iam:GetRole, iam:GetRolePolicy, iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole, iam:ListRoles and 4 more |
| CloudWatch Logs | 3 of 133 | 3 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional | logs:CreateLogGroup, logs:CreateLogStream, logs:PutLogEvents |
| S3 | 105 of 155 | 15 List, 10 Permissions management, 55 Read, 3 Tagging, 22 Write; 105 restricted, 105 conditional | s3:CreateBucket, s3:DeleteBucket, s3:Get*, s3:List*, s3:Put* |
| Systems Manager | 14 of 164 | 1 List, 7 Read, 2 Tagging, 4 Write; 7 restricted, 2 conditional | ssm:AddTagsToResource, ssm:DescribeAssociation, ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions, ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:GetAutomationExecution, ssm:GetInventory, ssm:GetPatchBaseline, ssm:GetServiceSetting, ssm:ListTagsForResource, ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource, ssm:StartAutomationExecution, ssm:UpdateAssociation and 2 more |
| Support | 1 of 39 | 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional | support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks |
Compute Optimizer: 1 actions
- compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus (List)
Config: 1 actions
- config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)
EC2: 6 actions
- ec2:AssociateIamInstanceProfile (Write)
- ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
- ec2:DeleteTags (Tagging)
- ec2:DescribeIamInstanceProfileAssociations (List)
- ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
- ec2:DisassociateIamInstanceProfile (Write)
IAM: 16 actions
- iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile (Write)
- iam:AttachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
- iam:CreateInstanceProfile (Write)
- iam:CreateRole (Write)
- iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
- iam:DeleteRole (Write)
- iam:DetachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
- iam:GetInstanceProfile (Read)
- iam:GetRole (Read)
- iam:GetRolePolicy (Read)
- iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole (List)
- iam:ListRoles (List)
- iam:PassRole (Write)
- iam:TagRole (Tagging)
- iam:UntagRole (Tagging)
- iam:UpdateRole (Write)
CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions
- logs:CreateLogGroup (Write)
- logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
- logs:PutLogEvents (Write)
S3: 105 actions
- s3:CreateBucket (Write)
- s3:DeleteBucket (Write)
- s3:GetAccelerateConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetAccessGrant (Read)
- s3:GetAccessGrantsInstance (Read)
- s3:GetAccessGrantsInstanceForPrefix (Read)
- s3:GetAccessGrantsInstanceResourcePolicy (Read)
- s3:GetAccessGrantsLocation (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPoint (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointConfigurationForObjectLambda (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointForObjectLambda (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointPolicy (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointPolicyForObjectLambda (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointPolicyStatus (Read)
- s3:GetAccessPointPolicyStatusForObjectLambda (Read)
- s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock (Read)
- s3:GetAnalyticsConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetBucketAbac (Read)
- s3:GetBucketAcl (Read)
- s3:GetBucketCORS (Read)
- s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
- s3:GetBucketLogging (Read)
- s3:GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetBucketNotification (Read)
- s3:GetBucketObjectLockConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetBucketOwnershipControls (Read)
- s3:GetBucketPolicy (Read)
- s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus (Read)
- s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock (Read)
- s3:GetBucketRequestPayment (Read)
- s3:GetBucketTagging (Read)
- s3:GetBucketVersioning (Read)
- s3:GetBucketWebsite (Read)
- s3:GetDataAccess (Read)
- s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetIntelligentTieringConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetInventoryConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetJobTagging (Read)
- s3:GetLifecycleConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetMetricsConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPoint (Read)
- s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicy (Read)
- s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicyStatus (Read)
- s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointRoutes (Read)
- s3:GetObjectAnnotation (Read)
- s3:GetObjectAttributes (Read)
- s3:GetObjectTorrent (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionAnnotation (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionAnnotationForReplication (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionAttributes (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionForReplication (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionTorrent (Read)
- s3:GetReplicationConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetStorageLensConfiguration (Read)
- s3:GetStorageLensConfigurationTagging (Read)
- s3:GetStorageLensDashboard (Read)
- s3:GetStorageLensGroup (Read)
- s3:ListAccessGrants (List)
- s3:ListAccessGrantsInstances (List)
- s3:ListAccessGrantsLocations (List)
- s3:ListAccessPoints (List)
- s3:ListAccessPointsForObjectLambda (List)
- s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)
- s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads (List)
- s3:ListCallerAccessGrants (List)
- s3:ListJobs (List)
- s3:ListMultiRegionAccessPoints (List)
- s3:ListObjectAnnotations (List)
- s3:ListObjectVersionAnnotations (List)
- s3:ListStorageLensConfigurations (List)
- s3:ListStorageLensGroups (List)
- s3:ListTagsForResource (List)
- s3:PutAccelerateConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutAccessGrantsInstanceResourcePolicy (Permissions management)
- s3:PutAccessPointConfigurationForObjectLambda (Write)
- s3:PutAccessPointPolicy (Permissions management)
- s3:PutAccessPointPolicyForObjectLambda (Permissions management)
- s3:PutAccessPointPublicAccessBlock (Permissions management)
- s3:PutAccountPublicAccessBlock (Permissions management)
- s3:PutAnalyticsConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutBucketAbac (Write)
- s3:PutBucketAcl (Permissions management)
- s3:PutBucketCORS (Write)
- s3:PutBucketLogging (Write)
- s3:PutBucketNotification (Write)
- s3:PutBucketObjectLockConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutBucketOwnershipControls (Permissions management)
- s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)
- s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock (Permissions management)
- s3:PutBucketRequestPayment (Write)
- s3:PutBucketTagging (Tagging)
- s3:PutBucketVersioning (Write)
- s3:PutBucketWebsite (Write)
- s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutIntelligentTieringConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutInventoryConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutJobTagging (Tagging)
- s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutMetricsConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutMultiRegionAccessPointPolicy (Permissions management)
- s3:PutObjectAnnotation (Write)
- s3:PutObjectVersionAnnotation (Write)
- s3:PutReplicationConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutStorageLensConfiguration (Write)
- s3:PutStorageLensConfigurationTagging (Tagging)
Systems Manager: 14 actions
- ssm:AddTagsToResource (Tagging)
- ssm:DescribeAssociation (Read)
- ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions (Read)
- ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation (Read)
- ssm:GetAutomationExecution (Read)
- ssm:GetInventory (Read)
- ssm:GetPatchBaseline (Read)
- ssm:GetServiceSetting (Read)
- ssm:ListTagsForResource (List)
- ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource (Tagging)
- ssm:StartAutomationExecution (Write)
- ssm:UpdateAssociation (Write)
- ssm:UpdateManagedInstanceRole (Write)
- ssm:UpdateServiceSetting (Write)
Support: 1 actions
- support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks (Read)
Data-plane actions (21)
By access level: 3 List, 2 Permissions management, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 6 Write.
| Service | Granted | Access levels and limits | Granted by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda | 1 of 14 | 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional | lambda:InvokeFunction |
| S3 | 20 of 25 | 3 List, 2 Permissions management, 8 Read, 2 Tagging, 5 Write; 20 restricted, 20 conditional | s3:DeleteObject, s3:DeleteObjectVersion, s3:Get*, s3:List*, s3:Put* |
Lambda: 1 actions
- lambda:InvokeFunction (Write)
S3: 20 actions
- s3:DeleteObject (Write)
- s3:DeleteObjectVersion (Write)
- s3:GetObject (Read)
- s3:GetObjectAcl (Read)
- s3:GetObjectLegalHold (Read)
- s3:GetObjectRetention (Read)
- s3:GetObjectTagging (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersion (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionAcl (Read)
- s3:GetObjectVersionTagging (Read)
- s3:ListBucket (List)
- s3:ListBucketVersions (List)
- s3:ListMultipartUploadParts (List)
- s3:PutObject (Write)
- s3:PutObjectAcl (Permissions management)
- s3:PutObjectLegalHold (Write)
- s3:PutObjectRetention (Write)
- s3:PutObjectTagging (Tagging)
- s3:PutObjectVersionAcl (Permissions management)
- s3:PutObjectVersionTagging (Tagging)
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 69 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
- 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).
- Grants permissions-management actions on iam, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.
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.
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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
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "PatchingAutomationRoleGetPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetRole"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-AutomationRole-*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "PatchingAutomationRolePassPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:PassRole"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-AutomationRole-*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"iam:PassedToService": [
"ssm.amazonaws.com"
]
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "DefaultInstanceRolePermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:CreateRole",
"iam:DeleteRole",
"iam:UpdateRole",
"iam:GetRole"
],
"Condition": {
"StringLike": {
"aws:PrincipalTag/QuickSetupManagerID": "*"
},
"ArnLike": {
"aws:PrincipalArn": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-AutomationRole-*"
}
},
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:role/AmazonSSMRoleForInstancesQuickSetup"
]
},
{
"Sid": "DefaultInstanceRolePassPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:PassRole"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:role/AmazonSSMRoleForInstancesQuickSetup"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"iam:PassedToService": [
"ec2.amazonaws.com",
"ssm.amazonaws.com"
]
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "PoliciesAttachPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:AttachRolePolicy",
"iam:DetachRolePolicy"
],
"Condition": {
"ArnEquals": {
"iam:PolicyARN": [
"arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore",
"arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyBaselineAccess"
]
},
"StringLike": {
"aws:PrincipalTag/QuickSetupManagerID": "*"
},
"ArnLike": {
"aws:PrincipalArn": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup-AutomationRole-*"
}
},
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
},
{
"Sid": "CreateSLRPermissions",
"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": "InstanceRoleAddPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile"
],
"Resource": [
"*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "ManagedInstanceRoleUpdatePermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:UpdateManagedInstanceRole"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "IAMReadOnlyPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetInstanceProfile",
"iam:GetRolePolicy",
"iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
"iam:ListRoles"
],
"Resource": [
"*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "InstanceProfileCreatePermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:CreateInstanceProfile"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AmazonSSMRoleForInstancesQuickSetup"
]
},
{
"Sid": "InstanceProfileAssociationPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:AssociateIamInstanceProfile"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"ec2:InstanceProfile": "true"
},
"ArnLike": {
"ec2:NewInstanceProfile": "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AmazonSSMRoleForInstancesQuickSetup"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "InstanceProfileDisassociationPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DisassociateIamInstanceProfile"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"ArnLike": {
"ec2:InstanceProfile": "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AmazonSSMRoleForInstancesQuickSetup"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "SSMAssociationsPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions",
"ssm:UpdateAssociation",
"ssm:DescribeAssociation"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSQuickSetup-*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:managed-instance/*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "BaselineS3Permissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:CreateBucket",
"s3:Put*",
"s3:Get*",
"s3:List*",
"s3:DeleteObject",
"s3:DeleteObjectVersion",
"s3:DeleteBucket"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceAccount": [
"${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
]
}
},
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::aws-quicksetup-patchpolicy-*"
},
{
"Sid": "PatchingFunctionsPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"lambda:InvokeFunction"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:baseline-overrides-*",
"arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:delete-name-tags-*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceAccount": [
"${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
]
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "LoggingPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"logs:CreateLogStream",
"logs:CreateLogGroup",
"logs:PutLogEvents"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/lambda/baseline-overrides-*",
"arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/lambda/delete-name-tags-*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "SSMTaggingPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:AddTagsToResource",
"ssm:RemoveTagsFromResource"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:managed-instance/*",
"Condition": {
"ForAllValues:StringLike": {
"aws:TagKeys": "QSConfigName-*"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2TaggingPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:CreateTags",
"ec2:DeleteTags"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
"Condition": {
"ForAllValues:StringLike": {
"aws:TagKeys": "QSConfigName-*"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "RoleTaggingPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:TagRole",
"iam:UntagRole"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"ForAllValues:StringLike": {
"aws:TagKeys": "QSConfigId-*"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "PatchingReadOnlyPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:GetPatchBaseline",
"ssm:GetInventory",
"ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
"ssm:DescribeAssociation",
"ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
"ssm:ListTagsForResource",
"ec2:DescribeIamInstanceProfileAssociations",
"ec2:DescribeInstances"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "PatchingAutomationsStartPermissions",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:StartAutomationExecution"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-EnableExplorer*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-RunPatchBaseline*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-AttachIAMToInstance*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/QuickSetup-*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWSQuickSetup-*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-EnableExplorer*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunPatchBaseline*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-AttachIAMToInstance*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/QuickSetup-*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSQuickSetup-*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "ReadOnlyPermissionsForEnablingExplorer",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:ListRoles",
"config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
"compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus",
"support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "ExplorerServiceSettingsPermissions",
"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 v5, edited by AWS on 2026-03-05. 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/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundaryCloudFormation
Resources:
ExampleRole:
Type: AWS::IAM::Role
Properties:
AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {} # replace with your trust policy
ManagedPolicyArns:
- arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundaryTerraform
resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsquicksetuppatchpolicypermissionsboundary" {
role = aws_iam_role.example.name
policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary"
}CDK (TypeScript)
role.addManagedPolicy(
iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSQuickSetupPatchPolicyPermissionsBoundary"),
);Sources
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