Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Backup - Service Authorization Reference

# 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.

Topics

- Actions defined by AWS Backup
- Resource types defined by AWS Backup
- Condition keys for AWS Backup

## 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] | Grants permission to copy from a backup vault | Write |  | backup:CopyTargets backup:CopyTargetOrgPaths |
CopyIntoBackupVault [permission only] | Grants permission to copy into a backup vault | Write |  | aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} |
CreateBackupPlan | Grants permission to create a new backup plan | Write | backupPlan* |  |
| aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys |
CreateBackupSelection | Grants permission to create a new resource assignment in a backup plan | Write | backupPlan* |  | iam:PassRole
CreateBackupVault | Grants permission to create a new backup vault | Write | backupVault* |  |
| aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys |
DeleteBackupPlan | Grants permission to delete a backup plan | Write | backupPlan* |  |
DeleteBackupSelection | Grants permission to delete a resource assignment from a backup plan | Write | backupPlan* |  |
DeleteBackupVault | Grants permission to delete a backup vault | Write | backupVault* |  |
DeleteBackupVaultAccessPolicy | Grants permission to delete backup vault access policy | Write | backupVault* |  |
DeleteBackupVaultNotifications | Grants permission to remove notifications from backup vault | Write | backupVault* |  |
DeleteRecoveryPoint | Grants permission to delete a recovery point from a backup vault | Write | recoveryPoint* |  |
DescribeBackupJob | Grants permission to describe a backup job | Read |  |  |
DescribeBackupVault | Grants permission to describe a new backup vault with the specified name | Read | backupVault* |  |
DescribeCopyJob | Grants permission to describe a copy job | Read |  | aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys |
DescribeGlobalSettings | Grants permission to describe global settings | Read |  |  |
DescribeProtectedResource | Grants permission to describe a protected resource | Read |  |  |
DescribeRecoveryPoint | Grants permission to describe a recovery point | Read | recoveryPoint* |  |
DescribeRegionSettings | Grants permission to describe region settings | Read |  |  |
DescribeRestoreJob | Grants permission to describe a restore job | Read |  |  |
DisassociateRecoveryPoint | Grants permission to disassociate a recovery point from a backup vault | Write | recoveryPoint* |  |
ExportBackupPlanTemplate | Grants permission to export a backup plan as a JSON | Read |  |  |
GetBackupPlan | Grants permission to get a backup plan | Read | backupPlan* |  |
GetBackupPlanFromJSON | Grants permission to transform a JSON to a backup plan | Read |  |  |
GetBackupPlanFromTemplate | Grants permission to transform a template to a backup plan | Read |  |  |
GetBackupSelection | Grants permission to get a backup plan resource assignment | Read | backupPlan* |  |
GetBackupVaultAccessPolicy | Grants permission to get backup vault access policy | Read | backupVault* |  |
GetBackupVaultNotifications | Grants permission to get backup vault notifications | Read | backupVault* |  |
GetRecoveryPointRestoreMetadata | Grants permission to get recovery point restore metadata | Read | recoveryPoint* |  |
GetSupportedResourceTypes | Grants permission to get supported resource types | Read |  |  |
ListBackupJobs | Grants permission to list backup jobs | List |  |  |
ListBackupPlanTemplates | Grants permission to list backup plan templates provided by AWS Backup | List |  |  |
ListBackupPlanVersions | Grants permission to list backup plan versions | List | backupPlan* |  |
ListBackupPlans | Grants permision to list backup plans | List |  |  |
ListBackupSelections | Grants permission to list resource assignments for a specific backup plan | List | backupPlan* |  |
ListBackupVaults | Grants permission to list backup vaults. | List |  |  |
ListCopyJobs | Grants permission to list copy jobs | List |  |  |
ListProtectedResources | Grants permission to list protected resources by AWS Backup | List |  |  |
ListRecoveryPointsByBackupVault | Grants permission to list recovery points inside a backup vault | List | backupVault* |  |
ListRecoveryPointsByResource | Grants permission to list recovery points for a resource | List |  |  |
ListRestoreJobs | Grants permission to lists restore jobs | List |  |  |
ListTags | Grants permission to list tags for a resource | Read | backupPlan |  |
backupVault |  |
recoveryPoint |  |
PutBackupVaultAccessPolicy | Grants permission to add an access policy to the backup vault | Write | backupVault* |  |
PutBackupVaultNotifications | Grants permission to add an SNS topic to the backup vault | Write | backupVault* |  |
StartBackupJob | Grants permission to start a new backup job | Write | backupVault* |  | iam:PassRole
StartCopyJob | Grants permission to copy a backup from a source backup vault to a destination backup vault | Write | recoveryPoint* |  | iam:PassRole
| aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys |
StartRestoreJob | Grants permission to start a new restore job | Write | recoveryPoint* |  | iam:PassRole
StopBackupJob | Grants permission to stop a backup job | Write |  |  |
TagResource | Grants permission to tag a resource | Tagging | backupPlan |  |
backupVault |  |
recoveryPoint |  |
| aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys |
UntagResource | Grants permission to untag a resource | Tagging | backupPlan |  |
backupVault |  |
recoveryPoint |  |
| aws:TagKeys |
UpdateBackupPlan | Grants permission to update a backup plan | Write | backupPlan* |  |
UpdateGlobalSettings | Grants permission to update the current global settings for the AWS Account | Write |  |  |
UpdateRecoveryPointLifecycle | Grants permission to update the lifecycle of the recovery point | Write | recoveryPoint* |  |
UpdateRegionSettings | Grants permission to update the current service opt-in settings for the Region | 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/${TagKey} | Filters access by the allowed set of values for each of the tags | String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} | Filters access by the tags associated with the resource | String
aws:TagKeys | Filters access by the presence of mandatory tags in the request | String
backup:CopyTargetOrgPaths | Filters access by the organization unit | String
backup:CopyTargets | Filters access by the ARN of an backup vault | String

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