# AWSCloud9ServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Service Linked Role Policy for AWS Cloud9

`AWSCloud9ServiceRolePolicy` 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**: November 30, 2017, 13:44 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** January 17, 2022, 14:06 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSCloud9ServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v8 (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" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "cloudformation:CreateStack",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackResources"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/aws-cloud9-*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/Name" : "aws-cloud9-*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/aws:cloudformation:stack-name" : "aws-cloud9-*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
        "iam:GetInstanceProfile"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/cloud9/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSCloud9SSMAccessRole"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "ec2.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)