AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy

Summary

Enables the AWS Transform service to deploy transformed .NET applications by creating and managing AWS resources. This policy grants permissions to provision infrastructure, manage compute resources, and configure deployment settings across various AWS services.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2025-08-28

Last edited

2026-09-11

Services

cloudformation, ec2, iam, kms, s3, ssm

Control-plane actions (40)

By access level: 12 List, 1 Permissions management, 9 Read, 5 Tagging, 13 Write.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Write.

Excluded and conditional actions

• ec2:CreateTags (deny-conditional, statement 6): 1 matching actions
• ec2:DeleteTags (deny-conditional, statement 6): 1 matching actions

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants 21 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).

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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• AIDevOpsReleaseManagementVPCPolicy
• AmazonAppFlowFullAccess
• AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy

Same domain

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• AmazonBioDiscoveryServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonBraketJobsExecutionPolicy
• AmazonDMSVPCManagementRole
• AmazonDRSVPCManagement
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverEKSClusterScopedPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicyV2

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudFormationTagOnCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:TagResource",
        "cloudformation:UntagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudformation:CreateAction": [
            "CreateStack",
            "UpdateStack"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Deny",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringNotEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "Name",
            "CreatedBy",
            "ApplicationName",
            "TransformationType",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-name",
            "aws:cloudformation:logical-id",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-id"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetInstanceProfile",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ec2.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameters"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunRemoteScript"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
        "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
        "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
        "s3:PutBucketTagging"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-transform-deployment-bucket-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-transform-deployment-bucket-*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedFor": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws-transform": "*",
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": "true"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:ebs:id": "*"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "kms:GrantConstraintType": "EncryptionContextSubset"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "kms:GrantOperations": [
            "Decrypt"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "ec2.*.amazonaws.com",
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:ebs:id": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-09-11. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy

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

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awstransformapplicationdeploymentpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy
• Report a data issue