Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Backup

AWS Backup (service prefix: backup) provides the following service-specific resources, actions, and condition context keys for use in IAM permission policies.

References:

• Learn how to configure this service.

• View a list of the API operations available for this service.

• Learn how to secure this service and its resources by using IAM permission policies.

Actions defined by AWS Backup

You can specify the following actions in the Action element of an IAM policy statement. Use policies to grant permissions to perform an operation in AWS. When you use an action in a policy, you usually allow or deny access to the API operation or CLI command with the same name. However, in some cases, a single action controls access to more than one operation. Alternatively, some operations require several different actions.

The Resource types column indicates whether each action supports resource-level permissions. If there is no value for this column, you must specify all resources ("*") in the Resource element of your policy statement. If the column includes a resource type, then you can specify an ARN of that type in a statement with that action. Required resources are indicated in the table with an asterisk (*). If you specify a resource-level permission ARN in a statement using this action, then it must be of this type. Some actions support multiple resource types. If the resource type is optional (not indicated as required), then you can choose to use one but not the other.

For details about the columns in the following table, see The actions table.

Actions	Description	Access level	Resource types (*required)	Condition keys	Dependent actions
CopyFromBackupVault [permission only]	Allows to copy from a backup vault	Write		backup:CopyTargets backup:CopyTargetOrgPaths
CopyIntoBackupVault [permission only]	Allows to copy into a backup vault	Write		aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}
CreateBackupPlan	Creates a new backup plan	Write	backupPlan*
				aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys
CreateBackupSelection	Creates a new resource assignment in a backup plan.	Write	backupPlan*		iam:PassRole
CreateBackupVault	Creates a new backup vault.	Write	backupVault*
				aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys
DeleteBackupPlan	Deletes a backup plan.	Write	backupPlan*
DeleteBackupSelection	Deletes a resource assignment from a backup plan.	Write	backupPlan*
DeleteBackupVault	Deletes a backup vault.	Write	backupVault*
DeleteBackupVaultAccessPolicy	Deletes backup vault access policy.	Write	backupVault*
DeleteBackupVaultNotifications	Removes notifications from backup vault.	Write	backupVault*
DeleteRecoveryPoint	Deletes a recovery point from a backup vault.	Write	recoveryPoint*
DescribeBackupJob	Describes a backup job	Read
DescribeBackupVault	Describes a new backup vault with the specified name.	Read	backupVault*
DescribeCopyJob	Describes a copy job	Read		aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys
DescribeGlobalSettings	Describes global settings	Read
DescribeProtectedResource	Describes a protected resource.	Read
DescribeRecoveryPoint	Describes a recovery point.	Read	recoveryPoint*
DescribeRegionSettings	Describes region settings	Read
DescribeRestoreJob	Describes a restore job.	Read
ExportBackupPlanTemplate	Exports a backup plan as a JSON.	Read
GetBackupPlan	Gets a backup plan.	Read	backupPlan*
GetBackupPlanFromJSON	Transforms a JSON to a backup plan.	Read
GetBackupPlanFromTemplate	Transforms a template to a backup plan.	Read
GetBackupSelection	Gets a backup plan resource assignment.	Read	backupPlan*
GetBackupVaultAccessPolicy	Gets backup vault access policy.	Read	backupVault*
GetBackupVaultNotifications	Gets backup vault notifications.	Read	backupVault*
GetRecoveryPointRestoreMetadata	Gets recovery point restore metadata.	Read	recoveryPoint*
GetSupportedResourceTypes	Gets supported resource types.	Read
ListBackupJobs	Lists backup jobs.	List
ListBackupPlanTemplates	Lists backup plan templates provided by AWS Backup.	List
ListBackupPlanVersions	Lists backup plan versions.	List	backupPlan*
ListBackupPlans	Lists backup plans.	List
ListBackupSelections	Lists resource assignments for a specific backup plan.	List	backupPlan*
ListBackupVaults	Lists backup vaults.	List
ListCopyJobs	Lists copy jobs	List
ListProtectedResources	Lists protected resources by AWS Backup.	List
ListRecoveryPointsByBackupVault	Lists recovery points inside a backup vault.	List	backupVault*
ListRecoveryPointsByResource	Lists recovery points for a resource.	List
ListRestoreJobs	Lists restore jobs.	List
ListTags	Lists tags for a resource.	List	backupPlan
			backupVault
			recoveryPoint
PutBackupVaultAccessPolicy	Adds an access policy to the backup vault.	Write	backupVault*
PutBackupVaultNotifications	Adds an SNS topic to the backup vault.	Write	backupVault*
StartBackupJob	Starts a new backup job.	Write	backupVault*		iam:PassRole
StartCopyJob	Copy a backup from a source backup vault to a destination backup vault.	Write	recoveryPoint*		iam:PassRole
				aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys
StartRestoreJob	Starts a new restore job.	Write	recoveryPoint*		iam:PassRole
StopBackupJob	Stops a backup job.	Write
TagResource	Tags a resource.	Tagging	backupPlan
			backupVault
			recoveryPoint
				aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys
UntagResource	Untags a resource.	Tagging	backupPlan
			backupVault
			recoveryPoint
				aws:TagKeys
UpdateBackupPlan	Updates a backup plan.	Write	backupPlan*
UpdateGlobalSettings	Updates global settings	Write
UpdateRecoveryPointLifecycle	Updates the lifecycle of the recovery point.	Write	recoveryPoint*
UpdateRegionSettings	Describes region settings	Write

Resource types defined by AWS Backup

The following resource types are defined by this service and can be used in the Resource element of IAM permission policy statements. Each action in the Actions table identifies the resource types that can be specified with that action. A resource type can also define which condition keys you can include in a policy. These keys are displayed in the last column of the table. For details about the columns in the following table, see The resource types table.

Resource types	ARN	Condition keys
backupVault	arn:${Partition}:backup:${Region}:${Account}:backup-vault:${BackupVaultName}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
backupPlan	arn:${Partition}:backup:${Region}:${Account}:backup-plan:${BackupPlanId}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}
recoveryPoint	arn:${Partition}:${Vendor}:${Region}:*:${ResourceType}:${RecoveryPointId}	aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

Condition keys for AWS Backup

AWS Backup defines the following condition keys that can be used in the Condition element of an IAM policy. You can use these keys to further refine the conditions under which the policy statement applies. For details about the columns in the following table, see The condition keys table.

To view the global condition keys that are available to all services, see Available global condition keys.

Condition keys	Description	Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}	Filters actions based on the allowed set of values for each of the tags	String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}	Filters actions based on the tags associated with the resource	String
aws:TagKeys	Filters actions based on the presence of mandatory tags in the request	String
backup:CopyTargetOrgPaths	Filters actions based on the organization unit.	String
backup:CopyTargets	Filters actions based on the ARN of an backup vault.	String