# Identity-based policies for Amazon DevOps Guru
By default, users and roles don't have permission to create or modify DevOps Guru resources. To grant users permission to perform actions on the resources that they need, an IAM administrator can create IAM policies.
To learn how to create an IAM identity-based policy by using these example JSON policy documents, see [Create IAM policies (console)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create-console.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
For details about actions and resource types defined by DevOps Guru, including the format of the ARNs for each of the resource types, see [Actions, resources, and condition keys for Amazon DevOps Guru](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awskeymanagementservice.html) in the *Service Authorization Reference*.
**Topics**
+ [Policy best practices](#security_iam_service-with-iam-policy-best-practices)
+ [Using the DevOps Guru console](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-console)
+ [Allow users to view their own permissions](#security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-view-own-permissions)
+ [AWS managed (predefined) policies for DevOps Guru](#managed-policies)
## Policy best practices
Identity-based policies determine whether someone can create, access, or delete DevOps Guru resources in your account. These actions can incur costs for your AWS account. When you create or edit identity-based policies, follow these guidelines and recommendations:
+ **Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions** – To get started granting permissions to your users and workloads, use the *AWS managed policies* that grant permissions for many common use cases. They are available in your AWS account. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining AWS customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases. For more information, see [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies) or [AWS managed policies for job functions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_job-functions.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Apply least-privilege permissions** – When you set permissions with IAM policies, grant only the permissions required to perform a task. You do this by defining the actions that can be taken on specific resources under specific conditions, also known as *least-privilege permissions*. For more information about using IAM to apply permissions, see [ Policies and permissions in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Use conditions in IAM policies to further restrict access** – You can add a condition to your policies to limit access to actions and resources. For example, you can write a policy condition to specify that all requests must be sent using SSL. You can also use conditions to grant access to service actions if they are used through a specific AWS service, such as CloudFormation. For more information, see [ IAM JSON policy elements: Condition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_condition.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Use IAM Access Analyzer to validate your IAM policies to ensure secure and functional permissions** – IAM Access Analyzer validates new and existing policies so that the policies adhere to the IAM policy language (JSON) and IAM best practices. IAM Access Analyzer provides more than 100 policy checks and actionable recommendations to help you author secure and functional policies. For more information, see [Validate policies with IAM Access Analyzer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access-analyzer-policy-validation.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
+ **Require multi-factor authentication (MFA)** – If you have a scenario that requires IAM users or a root user in your AWS account, turn on MFA for additional security. To require MFA when API operations are called, add MFA conditions to your policies. For more information, see [ Secure API access with MFA](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_configure-api-require.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
For more information about best practices in IAM, see [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
## Using the DevOps Guru console
To access the Amazon DevOps Guru console, you must have a minimum set of permissions. These permissions must allow you to list and view details about the DevOps Guru resources in your AWS account. If you create an identity-based policy that is more restrictive than the minimum required permissions, the console won't function as intended for entities (users or roles) with that policy.
You don't need to allow minimum console permissions for users that are making calls only to the AWS CLI or the AWS API. Instead, allow access to only the actions that match the API operation that they're trying to perform.
To ensure that users and roles can still use the DevOps Guru console, also attach the DevOps Guru `AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess` or `AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess` AWS managed policy to the entities. For more information, see [Adding permissions to a user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_change-permissions.html#users_change_permissions-add-console) in the *IAM User Guide*.
## Allow users to view their own permissions
This example shows how you might create a policy that allows IAM users to view the inline and managed policies that are attached to their user identity. This policy includes permissions to complete this action on the console or programmatically using the AWS CLI or AWS API.
```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "ViewOwnUserInfo",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetUserPolicy",
"iam:ListGroupsForUser",
"iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies",
"iam:ListUserPolicies",
"iam:GetUser"
],
"Resource": ["arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"]
},
{
"Sid": "NavigateInConsole",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetGroupPolicy",
"iam:GetPolicyVersion",
"iam:GetPolicy",
"iam:ListAttachedGroupPolicies",
"iam:ListGroupPolicies",
"iam:ListPolicyVersions",
"iam:ListPolicies",
"iam:ListUsers"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
## AWS managed (predefined) policies for DevOps Guru
AWS addresses many common use cases by providing standalone IAM policies that are created and administered by AWS. These AWS-managed policies grant necessary permissions for common use cases so you can avoid having to investigate what permissions are needed. For more information, see [AWS Managed Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies) in the *IAM User Guide*.
To create and manage DevOps Guru service roles, you must also attach the AWS-managed policy named `IAMFullAccess`.
You can also create your own custom IAM policies to allow permissions for DevOps Guru actions and resources. You can attach these custom policies to the users or groups that require those permissions.
The following AWS-managed policies, which you can attach to users in your account, are specific to DevOps Guru.
**Topics**
+ [AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess](#managed-full-access)
+ [AmazonDevOpsGuruConsoleFullAccess](#managed-full-console-access)
+ [AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess](#managed-read-only-access)
+ [AmazonDevOpsGuruOrganizationsAccess](#organizations-policy)
### AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess
`AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess` – Provides full access to DevOps Guru, including permissions to create Amazon SNS topics, access Amazon CloudWatch metrics, and access AWS CloudFormation stacks. Apply this only to administrative-level users to whom you want to grant full control over DevOps Guru.
The `AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess` policy contains the following statement.
------
#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruFullAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"devops-guru:*"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudFormationListStacksAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"cloudformation:ListStacks"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchGetMetricDataAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "SnsListTopicsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"sns:ListTopics",
"sns:ListSubscriptionsByTopic"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "SnsTopicOperations",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"sns:CreateTopic",
"sns:GetTopicAttributes",
"sns:SetTopicAttributes",
"sns:Subscribe",
"sns:Publish"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:DevOps-Guru-*"
},
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruSlrCreation",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/devops-guru.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDevOpsGuru",
"Condition": {
"StringLike": {
"iam:AWSServiceName": "devops-guru.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruSlrDeletion",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
"iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/devops-guru.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDevOpsGuru"
},
{
"Sid": "RDSDescribeDBInstancesAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"rds:DescribeDBInstances"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchLogsFilterLogEventsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"logs:FilterLogEvents"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/DevOps-Guru-Analysis": "true"
}
}
}
]
}
```
------
### AmazonDevOpsGuruConsoleFullAccess
`AmazonDevOpsGuruConsoleFullAccess` – Provides full access to DevOps Guru, including permissions to create Amazon SNS topics, access Amazon CloudWatch metrics, and access AWS CloudFormation stacks. This policy has additional performance insights permissions so you can view detailed analysis related to anomalous Amazon RDS Aurora DB instances in the console. Apply this only to administrative-level users to whom you want to grant full control over DevOps Guru.
The `AmazonDevOpsGuruConsoleFullAccess` policy contains the following statement.
------
#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruFullAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"devops-guru:*"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudFormationListStacksAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"cloudformation:ListStacks"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchGetMetricDataAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "SnsListTopicsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"sns:ListTopics",
"sns:ListSubscriptionsByTopic"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "SnsTopicOperations",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"sns:CreateTopic",
"sns:GetTopicAttributes",
"sns:SetTopicAttributes",
"sns:Subscribe",
"sns:Publish"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:DevOps-Guru-*"
},
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruSlrCreation",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/devops-guru.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDevOpsGuru",
"Condition": {
"StringLike": {
"iam:AWSServiceName": "devops-guru.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruSlrDeletion",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
"iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/devops-guru.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDevOpsGuru"
},
{
"Sid": "RDSDescribeDBInstancesAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"rds:DescribeDBInstances"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "PerformanceInsightsMetricsDataAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"pi:GetResourceMetrics",
"pi:DescribeDimensionKeys"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchLogsFilterLogEventsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"logs:FilterLogEvents"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/DevOps-Guru-Analysis": "true"
}
}
}
]
}
```
------
### AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess
`AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess` – Grants read-only access to DevOps Guru and related resources in other AWS services. Apply this policy to users to whom you want to grant the ability to view insights, but not to make any updates to DevOps Guru's analysis coverage boundary, Amazon SNS topics, or Systems Manager OpsCenter integration.
The `AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess` policy contains the following statement.
------
#### [ JSON ]
****
```
{
"Version":"2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "DevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"devops-guru:DescribeAccountHealth",
"devops-guru:DescribeAccountOverview",
"devops-guru:DescribeAnomaly",
"devops-guru:DescribeEventSourcesConfig",
"devops-guru:DescribeFeedback",
"devops-guru:DescribeInsight",
"devops-guru:DescribeResourceCollectionHealth",
"devops-guru:DescribeServiceIntegration",
"devops-guru:GetCostEstimation",
"devops-guru:GetResourceCollection",
"devops-guru:ListAnomaliesForInsight",
"devops-guru:ListEvents",
"devops-guru:ListInsights",
"devops-guru:ListAnomalousLogGroups",
"devops-guru:ListMonitoredResources",
"devops-guru:ListNotificationChannels",
"devops-guru:ListRecommendations",
"devops-guru:SearchInsights",
"devops-guru:StartCostEstimation"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudFormationListStacksAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"cloudformation:ListStacks"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:GetRole"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/devops-guru.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForDevOpsGuru"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchGetMetricDataAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "RDSDescribeDBInstancesAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"rds:DescribeDBInstances"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "SnsListTopicsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"sns:ListTopics",
"sns:ListSubscriptionsByTopic"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "CloudWatchLogsFilterLogEventsAccess",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"logs:FilterLogEvents"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/DevOps-Guru-Analysis": "true"
}
}
}
]
}
```
------
### AmazonDevOpsGuruOrganizationsAccess
` AmazonDevOpsGuruOrganizationsAccess` – Provides Organizations administrators access to the DevOps Guru multi-account view within an organization. Apply this policy to your organization's administrator-level users for whom you want to grant full access to DevOps Guru within an organization. You can apply this policy in your organization's management account and delegated administrator account for DevOps Guru. You can apply `AmazonDevOpsGuruReadOnlyAccess` or `AmazonDevOpsGuruFullAccess` in addition to this policy to provide read-only or full access to DevOps Guru.
The `AmazonDevOpsGuruOrganizationsAccess` policy contains the following statement.