# AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy
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**Description**: Enables the AWS Transform service to deploy transformed .NET applications by creating and managing AWS resources. This policy grants permissions to provision infrastructure, manage compute resources, and configure deployment settings across various AWS services.

`AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy` 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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You can attach `AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service role policy 
+ **Creation time**: August 28, 2025, 06:34 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 17:59 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v9 (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
<a name="AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy-json"></a>

```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Deny",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringNotEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "Name",
            "CreatedBy",
            "ApplicationName",
            "TransformationType",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-name",
            "aws:cloudformation:logical-id",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-id"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetInstanceProfile",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "ec2.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-Builder-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-App-Instance-Role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:GetParameters"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunRemoteScript"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
        "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
        "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
        "s3:PutBucketTagging"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-transform-deployment-bucket-*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-transform-deployment-bucket-*/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedFor" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws-transform" : "*",
          "kms:ViaService" : "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource" : "true"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:ViaService" : [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:ebs:id" : "*"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "kms:GrantConstraintType" : "EncryptionContextSubset"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "kms:GrantOperations" : [
            "Decrypt"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:ViaService" : "ec2.*.amazonaws.com",
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:ebs:id" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [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)