AWSRolesAnywhereFullAccess

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Summary

Provides all permissions to IAM Roles Anywhere resources, including but not limited to: CreateProfile, DeleteTrustAnchor, DisableCRL, ResetNotificationSettings.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSRolesAnywhereFullAccess
Default version: v3
Created: 2025-07-16
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: iam, rolesanywhere

Control-plane actions (32)

By access level: 5 List, 4 Read, 2 Tagging, 21 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	2 of 190	2 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:PassRole
IAM Roles Anywhere	All 30 actions (see the IAM Roles Anywhere page)	5 List, 4 Read, 2 Tagging, 19 Write; 23 restricted, 0 conditional	rolesanywhere:CreateProfile, rolesanywhere:CreateTrustAnchor, rolesanywhere:DeleteAttributeMapping, rolesanywhere:DeleteCrl, rolesanywhere:DeleteProfile, rolesanywhere:DeleteTrustAnchor, rolesanywhere:DisableCrl, rolesanywhere:DisableProfile, rolesanywhere:DisableTrustAnchor, rolesanywhere:EnableCrl, rolesanywhere:EnableProfile, rolesanywhere:EnableTrustAnchor and 18 more

IAM: 2 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:PassRole (Write)

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 23 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

AWSRolesAnywhereReadOnly

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": "TrustAnchors",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rolesanywhere:ListTrustAnchors",
        "rolesanywhere:GetTrustAnchor",
        "rolesanywhere:CreateTrustAnchor",
        "rolesanywhere:DeleteTrustAnchor",
        "rolesanywhere:DisableTrustAnchor",
        "rolesanywhere:EnableTrustAnchor",
        "rolesanywhere:UpdateTrustAnchor"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rolesanywhere:*:*:trust-anchor/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Profiles",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rolesanywhere:ListProfiles",
        "rolesanywhere:GetProfile",
        "rolesanywhere:CreateProfile",
        "rolesanywhere:DeleteProfile",
        "rolesanywhere:DisableProfile",
        "rolesanywhere:EnableProfile",
        "rolesanywhere:UpdateProfile"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rolesanywhere:*:*:profile/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CRLs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rolesanywhere:ListCrls",
        "rolesanywhere:GetCrl",
        "rolesanywhere:DeleteCrl",
        "rolesanywhere:DisableCrl",
        "rolesanywhere:EnableCrl",
        "rolesanywhere:ImportCrl",
        "rolesanywhere:UpdateCrl"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rolesanywhere:*:*:crl/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Subjects",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rolesanywhere:ListSubjects",
        "rolesanywhere:GetSubject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rolesanywhere:*:*:subject/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OtherRolesAnywherePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rolesanywhere:PutAttributeMapping",
        "rolesanywhere:DeleteAttributeMapping",
        "rolesanywhere:ResetNotificationSettings",
        "rolesanywhere:ListTagsForResource",
        "rolesanywhere:TagResource",
        "rolesanywhere:UntagResource",
        "rolesanywhere:PutNotificationSettings"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PassRoleToRolesAnywhere",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateRolesAnywhereServiceLinkedRole",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/AWSRolesAnywhereFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSRolesAnywhereFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSRolesAnywhereFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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