ComputeOptimizerServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Allows ComputeOptimizer to call AWS services and collect workload details on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/ComputeOptimizerServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v11
Created: 2019-12-03
Last edited: 2026-11-06
Services: autoscaling, cloudwatch, compute-optimizer, dynamodb, ec2, elasticache, memorydb, organizations, rds, sagemaker, workspaces

Control-plane actions (54)

By access level: 34 List, 9 Read, 11 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2 Auto Scaling	4 of 68	4 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups, autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances, autoscaling:DescribePolicies, autoscaling:DescribeScheduledActions
CloudWatch	1 of 160	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms
Compute Optimizer	All 28 actions (see the Compute Optimizer page)	15 List, 2 Read, 11 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	compute-optimizer:*
DynamoDB	2 of 68	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	dynamodb:DescribeTable, dynamodb:ListTables
EC2	4 of 834	4 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DescribeNatGateways, ec2:DescribeRouteTables, ec2:DescribeVolumes
ElastiCache	2 of 77	2 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	elasticache:DescribeCacheClusters, elasticache:DescribeServerlessCaches
MemoryDB	1 of 47	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	memorydb:DescribeClusters
Organizations	7 of 63	5 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	organizations:DescribeOrganization, organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit, organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization, organizations:ListAccounts, organizations:ListChildren, organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators, organizations:ListParents
RDS	1 of 173	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	rds:DescribeDBClusters
SageMaker	2 of 441	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sagemaker:DescribeEndpoint, sagemaker:ListEndpoints
WorkSpaces	2 of 103	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces, workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus

EC2 Auto Scaling: 4 actions

autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups (List)
autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances (List)
autoscaling:DescribePolicies (List)
autoscaling:DescribeScheduledActions (List)

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms (Read)

DynamoDB: 2 actions

dynamodb:DescribeTable (Read)
dynamodb:ListTables (List)

EC2: 4 actions

ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeNatGateways (List)
ec2:DescribeRouteTables (List)
ec2:DescribeVolumes (List)

ElastiCache: 2 actions

elasticache:DescribeCacheClusters (List)
elasticache:DescribeServerlessCaches (List)

MemoryDB: 1 actions

memorydb:DescribeClusters (Read)

Organizations: 7 actions

organizations:DescribeOrganization (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit (Read)
organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization (List)
organizations:ListAccounts (List)
organizations:ListChildren (List)
organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators (List)
organizations:ListParents (List)

RDS: 1 actions

rds:DescribeDBClusters (List)

SageMaker: 2 actions

sagemaker:DescribeEndpoint (Read)
sagemaker:ListEndpoints (List)

WorkSpaces: 2 actions

workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces (List)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GetMetricData

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:GetMetricData (Read)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: compute-optimizer (11 of 11).

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": "ComputeOptimizerFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "compute-optimizer:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AwsOrgsAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListParents",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AutoScalingAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
        "autoscaling:DescribePolicies",
        "autoscaling:DescribeScheduledActions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Ec2Access",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ElastiCacheAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticache:DescribeCacheClusters",
        "elasticache:DescribeServerlessCaches"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "MemoryDBAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "memorydb:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DocumentDBAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DynamoDBAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:ListTables",
        "dynamodb:DescribeTable"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "WorkSpacesAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SageMakerAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sagemaker:ListEndpoints",
        "sagemaker:DescribeEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v11, edited by AWS on 2026-11-06. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.