# AmazonFSxServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Allows Amazon FSx to manage AWS resources on your behalf

`AmazonFSxServiceRolePolicy` 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 28, 2018, 10:38 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** July 22, 2025, 18:07 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonFSxServiceRolePolicy`

## 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" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateFileSystem",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ds:AuthorizeApplication",
        "ds:GetAuthorizedApplicationDetails",
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DisassociateAddress",
        "ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc",
        "route53:AssociateVPCWithHostedZone"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PutMetrics",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "cloudwatch:namespace" : "AWS/FSx"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TagResourceNetworkInterface",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : "CreateNetworkInterface"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "AmazonFSx.FileSystemId"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ManageNetworkInterface",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:UnassignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:UnassignPrivateIpAddresses"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonFSx.FileSystemId" : "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ManageRouteTable",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:ReplaceRoute",
        "ec2:DeleteRoute"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:route-table/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonFSx" : "ManagedByAmazonFSx"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PutCloudWatchLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/fsx/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ManageAuditLogs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream",
        "firehose:PutRecord",
        "firehose:PutRecordBatch"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:firehose:*:*:deliverystream/aws-fsx-*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)