# AWSApplicationAutoscalingRDSClusterPolicy
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**Description**: Policy granting permissions to Application Auto Scaling to access RDS and CloudWatch.

`AWSApplicationAutoscalingRDSClusterPolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: October 17, 2017, 17:46 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** August 07, 2018, 19:14 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSApplicationAutoscalingRDSClusterPolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v3 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
        "rds:CreateDBInstance",
        "rds:DeleteDBInstance",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:ModifyDBCluster",
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "rds.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)