AWSSystemsManagerEnableConfigRecordingExecutionPolicy

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Summary

Provides permissions for AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup to enable and configure AWS Config configuration recording.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableConfigRecordingExecutionPolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2024-06-26
Last edited: 2026-10-27
Services: config, iam, s3, sns, ssm

Control-plane actions (15)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Permissions management, 3 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Config	5 of 102	1 List, 1 Read, 3 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders, config:DescribeDeliveryChannels, config:PutConfigurationRecorder, config:PutDeliveryChannel, config:StartConfigurationRecorder
IAM	3 of 190	1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:GetRole, iam:PassRole
S3	4 of 155	2 Permissions management, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:PutBucketPolicy, s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock, s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration
SNS	2 of 40	1 List, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:CreateTopic, sns:ListTopics
Systems Manager	1 of 164	1 Read; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ssm:GetCalendarState

Config: 5 actions

config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)
config:DescribeDeliveryChannels (List)
config:PutConfigurationRecorder (Write)
config:PutDeliveryChannel (Write)
config:StartConfigurationRecorder (Write)

IAM: 3 actions

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

S3: 4 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)
s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock (Permissions management)
s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration (Write)

SNS: 2 actions

sns:CreateTopic (Write)
sns:ListTopics (List)

Systems Manager: 1 actions

ssm:GetCalendarState (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 List.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 List; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	s3:ListBucket

S3: 1 actions

s3:ListBucket (List)

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 10 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

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "S3BucketCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
        "s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-quick-setup-config-recording-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SNSTopicsListPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:ListTopics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DefaultSNSTopicCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:CreateTopic"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:ConfigRecording-Default-Topic"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ConfigureAndStartConfigurationRecorderPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:DescribeDeliveryChannels",
        "config:PutConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:PutDeliveryChannel",
        "config:StartConfigurationRecorder"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GetAndPassConfigSLRPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSServiceRoleForConfig"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateConfigSLRPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "config.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:GetCalendarState",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:userid": "*:SystemsManager-Automation-ChangeCalendar-Check"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "ssm:DocumentType": "ChangeCalendar"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2026-10-27. 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/AWSSystemsManagerEnableConfigRecordingExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableConfigRecordingExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableConfigRecordingExecutionPolicy

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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