License Manager – Linux subscriptions role - AWS License Manager

License Manager – Linux subscriptions role

License Manager requires a service-linked role to manage AWS resources that provide Linux subscriptions.

Permissions for the Linux subscriptions role

The service-linked role named AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptionsService allows License Manager to perform the following actions for Linux subscriptions.

  • Discover Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and AWS Organizations resources.

  • Retrieve secrets tagged with "LicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptions": "enabled" from AWS Secrets Manager for access to third-party Linux subscription providers to get subscription information.

  • Use KMS keys tagged with "LicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptions": "enabled" to decrypt secrets.

To review permissions for the AWSLicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptionsServiceRolePolicy, see AWS managed policy: AWSLicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptionsServiceRolePolicy. To learn more about configuring permissions for a service-linked role, see Service-Linked Role Permissions in the IAM User Guide.

Create the service-linked role for License Manager

You don't need to manually create the service-linked role as you will be prompted on the License Manager console Linux subscriptions pages to create the role.

If you delete this service-linked role and then need to create it again, you can use the same process to recreate the role in your account.

You can also use the IAM console, AWS CLI, or IAM API to create a service-linked role manually. For more information, see Creating a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.

You can use the License Manager console to create a service-linked role.

To create the service-linked role
  1. Open the License Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/license-manager/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Subscriptions or Instances.

  3. Agree to the terms for License Manager to create the Linux subscriptions role.

  4. Choose Create. This creates the role.

You can also use the IAM console to create a service-linked role with the License Manager - Linux subscriptions use case. Alternatively, in the AWS CLI or AWS API, create a service-linked role with the license-manager-linux-subscriptions.amazonaws.com service name. For more information, see Creating a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.

If you delete this service-linked role, you can use the same IAM process to create the role again.

Edit a service-linked role for License Manager

License Manager does not allow you to edit the AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptionsService service-linked role. After you create a service-linked role, you cannot change the name of the role because various entities might reference the role. However, you can edit the description of the role using IAM. For more information, see Editing a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.

Delete a service-linked role for License Manager

If you no longer need to use a feature or service that requires a service-linked role, we recommend that you delete that role. That way, you only have entities that are actively monitored or maintained. However, you must clean up your service-linked role before you can manually delete it.

Manually delete the service-linked role

Use the IAM console, AWS CLI, or AWS API to delete the AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerLinuxSubscriptionsService service-linked role. For more information, see Deleting a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.