# Permission policies to create, modify and, delete resources in Amazon RDS
The following sections present examples of permission policies that grant and restrict access to resources:
## Allow a user to create DB instances in an AWS account
The following is an example policy that allows the account with the ID `123456789012` to create DB instances for your AWS account. The policy requires that the name of the new DB instance begin with `test`. The new DB instance must also use the MySQL database engine and the `db.t2.micro` DB instance class. In addition, the new DB instance must use an option group and a DB parameter group that starts with `default`, and it must use the `default` subnet group.
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#### [ JSON ]
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```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "AllowCreateDBInstanceOnly",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"rds:CreateDBInstance"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:db:test*",
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:og:default*",
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:pg:default*",
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:subgrp:default"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"rds:DatabaseEngine": "mysql",
"rds:DatabaseClass": "db.t2.micro"
}
}
}
]
}
```
------
The policy includes a single statement that specifies the following permissions for the user:
+ The policy allows the account to create a DB instance using the [CreateDBInstance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDBInstance.html) API operation (this also applies to the [create-db-instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/create-db-instance.html) AWS CLI command and the AWS Management Console).
+ The `Resource` element specifies that the user can perform actions on or with resources. You specify resources using an Amazon Resources Name (ARN). This ARN includes the name of the service that the resource belongs to (`rds`), the AWS Region (`*` indicates any region in this example), the AWS account number (`123456789012` is the account number in this example), and the type of resource. For more information about creating ARNs, see [Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) in Amazon RDS](USER_Tagging.ARN.md).
The `Resource` element in the example specifies the following policy constraints on resources for the user:
+ The DB instance identifier for the new DB instance must begin with `test` (for example, `testCustomerData1`, `test-region2-data`).
+ The option group for the new DB instance must begin with `default`.
+ The DB parameter group for the new DB instance must begin with `default`.
+ The subnet group for the new DB instance must be the `default` subnet group.
+ The `Condition` element specifies that the DB engine must be MySQL and the DB instance class must be `db.t2.micro`. The `Condition` element specifies the conditions when a policy should take effect. You can add additional permissions or restrictions by using the `Condition` element. For more information about specifying conditions, see [Policy condition keys for Amazon RDS](security_iam_service-with-iam.md#UsingWithRDS.IAM.Conditions). This example specifies the `rds:DatabaseEngine` and `rds:DatabaseClass` conditions. For information about the valid condition values for `rds:DatabaseEngine`, see the list under the `Engine` parameter in [CreateDBInstance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDBInstance.html). For information about the valid condition values for `rds:DatabaseClass`, see [Supported DB engines for DB instance classes](Concepts.DBInstanceClass.Support.md) .
The policy doesn't specify the `Principal` element because in an identity-based policy you don't specify the principal who gets the permission. When you attach policy to a user, the user is the implicit principal. When you attach a permission policy to an IAM role, the principal identified in the role's trust policy gets the permissions.
To see a list of Amazon RDS actions, see [Actions Defined by Amazon RDS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_amazonrds.html#amazonrds-actions-as-permissions) in the *Service Authorization Reference*.
## Allow a user to perform any describe action on any RDS resource
The following permissions policy grants permissions to a user to run all of the actions that begin with `Describe`. These actions show information about an RDS resource, such as a DB instance. The wildcard character (\$1) in the `Resource` element indicates that the actions are allowed for all Amazon RDS resources owned by the account.
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#### [ JSON ]
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```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "AllowRDSDescribe",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "rds:Describe*",
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
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## Allow a user to create a DB instance that uses the specified DB parameter group and subnet group
The following permissions policy grants permissions to allow a user to only create a DB instance that must use the `mydbpg` DB parameter group and the `mydbsubnetgroup` DB subnet group.
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#### [ JSON ]
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```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "rds:CreateDBInstance",
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:rds:*:*:pg:mydbpg",
"arn:aws:rds:*:*:subgrp:mydbsubnetgroup"
]
}
]
}
```
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## Grant permission for actions on a resource with a specific tag with two different values
You can use conditions in your identity-based policy to control access to Amazon RDS resources based on tags. The following policy allows permission to perform the `CreateDBSnapshot` API operation on DB instances with either the `stage` tag set to `development` or `test`.
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#### [ JSON ]
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```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement":[
{
"Sid":"AllowAnySnapshotName",
"Effect":"Allow",
"Action":[
"rds:CreateDBSnapshot"
],
"Resource":"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:snapshot:*"
},
{
"Sid":"AllowDevTestToCreateSnapshot",
"Effect":"Allow",
"Action":[
"rds:CreateDBSnapshot"
],
"Resource":"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:db:*",
"Condition":{
"StringEquals":{
"rds:db-tag/stage":[
"development",
"test"
]
}
}
}
]
}
```
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The following policy allows permission to perform the `ModifyDBInstance` API operation on DB instances with either the `stage` tag set to `development` or `test`.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement":[
{
"Sid":"AllowChangingParameterOptionSecurityGroups",
"Effect":"Allow",
"Action":[
"rds:ModifyDBInstance"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:pg:*",
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:secgrp:*",
"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:og:*"
]
},
{
"Sid":"AllowDevTestToModifyInstance",
"Effect":"Allow",
"Action":[
"rds:ModifyDBInstance"
],
"Resource":"arn:aws:rds:*:123456789012:db:*",
"Condition":{
"StringEquals":{
"rds:db-tag/stage":[
"development",
"test"
]
}
}
}
]
}
```
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## Prevent a user from deleting a DB instance
The following permissions policy grants permissions to prevent a user from deleting a specific DB instance. For example, you might want to deny the ability to delete your production DB instances to any user that is not an administrator.
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "DenyDelete1",
"Effect": "Deny",
"Action": "rds:DeleteDBInstance",
"Resource": "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:db:my-mysql-instance"
}
]
}
```
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## Deny all access to a resource
You can explicitly deny access to a resource. Deny policies take precedence over allow policies. The following policy explicitly denies a user the ability to manage a resource:
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#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Deny",
"Action": "rds:*",
"Resource": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:mydb"
}
]
}
```
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