ServerMigrationConnector

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Summary

Permissions to allow the AWS Server Migration Connector to migrate VMs to EC2. Allows communication with the AWS Server Migration Service, read/write access to S3 buckets starting with 'sms-b-' and 'import-to-ec2-' as well as the buckets used for AWS Server Migration Connector upgrade, AWS Server Migration Connector registration with AWS, and metrics upload to AWS.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationConnector
Default version: v1
Created: 2016-10-24
Last edited: 2016-10-24
Services: awsconnector, iam, s3, sms, sns

Control-plane actions (11)

By access level: 1 List, 5 Read, 5 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Connector Service	All 3 actions (see the Connector Service page)	2 Read, 1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	awsconnector:*
IAM	1 of 190	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:GetUser
S3	5 of 155	1 List, 1 Read, 3 Write; 5 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:DeleteBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads, s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration
ServerMigrationService	2 of 37	1 Read, 1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sms:GetMessages, sms:SendMessage

IAM: 1 actions

iam:GetUser (Read)

S3: 5 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:DeleteBucket (Write)
s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads (List)
s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration (Write)

ServerMigrationService: 2 actions

sms:GetMessages (Read)
sms:SendMessage (Write)

Data-plane actions (8)

By access level: 2 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 4 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	7 of 25	2 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 3 Write; 7 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:AbortMultipartUpload, s3:DeleteObject, s3:GetObject, s3:ListBucket, s3:ListMultipartUploadParts, s3:PutObject, s3:PutObjectAcl
SNS	All 1 actions (see the SNS page)	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	SNS:Publish

S3: 7 actions

s3:AbortMultipartUpload (Write)
s3:DeleteObject (Write)
s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:ListMultipartUploadParts (List)
s3:PutObject (Write)
s3:PutObjectAcl (Permissions management)

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 data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:GetUser",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sms:SendMessage",
        "sms:GetMessages"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:DeleteBucket",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:PutObjectAcl",
        "s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration",
        "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
        "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::sms-b-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::import-to-ec2-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::server-migration-service-upgrade",
        "arn:aws:s3:::server-migration-service-upgrade/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-upgrade-info/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-upgrade-info",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-upgrade-bundles/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-upgrade-bundles",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-release-notes/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::connector-platform-release-notes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "awsconnector:*",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "SNS:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:metrics-sns-topic-for-*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2016-10-24. 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/ServerMigrationConnector
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationConnector
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationConnector

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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