AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy

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Summary

This policy grants administrative permissions for enabling Explorer, a capability of AWS Systems Manager. This includes permissions to update related Systems Manager service settings, and to create a service-linked role for Systems Manager.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2024-06-26
Last edited: 2026-10-27
Services: compute-optimizer, config, iam, ssm, support

Control-plane actions (8)

By access level: 2 List, 4 Read, 2 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	1 of 102	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders
IAM	2 of 190	1 List, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:ListRoles
Systems Manager	3 of 164	2 Read, 1 Write; 3 restricted, 1 conditional	ssm:GetCalendarState, 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: 1 actions

config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)

IAM: 2 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:ListRoles (List)

Systems Manager: 3 actions

ssm:GetCalendarState (Read)
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 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "CreateSystemsManagerSLRPermissions",
      "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": "ReadOnlyPermissionsForEnablingExplorer",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus",
        "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMExplorerServiceSettingsPermissions",
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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/AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSystemsManagerEnableExplorerExecutionPolicy

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.