ServerMigrationServiceConsoleFullAccess

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Summary

Required permissions to use all features of the Server Migration Service Console

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationServiceConsoleFullAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2020-05-09
Last edited: 2020-07-20
Services: cloudformation, ec2, iam, s3, sms

Control-plane actions (48)

By access level: 9 List, 12 Read, 27 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFormation	3 of 104	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudformation:DescribeStackResources, cloudformation:DescribeStacks, cloudformation:ListStacks
EC2	4 of 834	4 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeKeyPairs, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeVpcs
IAM	3 of 190	1 List, 1 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:GetInstanceProfile, iam:ListRoles
S3	1 of 155	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:ListAllMyBuckets
ServerMigrationService	All 37 actions (see the ServerMigrationService page)	1 List, 10 Read, 26 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sms:*

CloudFormation: 3 actions

cloudformation:DescribeStackResources (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStacks (List)
cloudformation:ListStacks (List)

EC2: 4 actions

ec2:DescribeKeyPairs (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)

IAM: 3 actions

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

S3: 1 actions

s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetObject

S3: 1 actions

s3:GetObject (Read)

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: sms (26 of 26).

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": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "sms:*"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:ListStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackResources"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Action": "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "s3:GetObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::sms-app-*/*"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "sms.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:GetInstanceProfile",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2020-07-20. 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/ServerMigrationServiceConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationServiceConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServerMigrationServiceConsoleFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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