AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy

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.

Using this policy

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

Policy details

• Type: Service role policy

• Creation time: August 28, 2025, 06:34 UTC

• Edited time: August 28, 2025, 06:34 UTC

• ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationDeploymentPolicy

Policy version

Policy version: v1 (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

{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform-Deploy-Infra-stack*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform-Deploy-Infra-stack*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform-Deploy-Infra-stack*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Deny",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringNotEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "CreatedBy",
            "ApplicationName",
            "TransformationType",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-name",
            "aws:cloudformation:logical-id",
            "aws:cloudformation:stack-id"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${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" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedFor" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetInstanceProfile"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedFor" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-EC2-Instance-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/AWSTransform-Deploy-EC2-Instance-Profile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "ec2.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-EC2-Instance-Role"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:GetParameters"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform-Deploy-Infra-stack*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "cloudformation.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    }
  ]
}

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