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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide
  3. Section I. CloudPoint installation and configuration
  4. CloudPoint cloud plug-ins
  5. AWS plug-in configuration notes
  6. AWS permissions required by CloudPoint
Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide

AWS permissions required by CloudPoint

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "EC2AutoScaling",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup",
                "autoscaling:AttachInstances"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "KMS",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "kms:ListKeys",
                "kms:Encrypt",
                "kms:Decrypt",
                "kms:ReEncryptTo",
                "kms:DescribeKey",
                "kms:ListAliases",
                "kms:GenerateDataKey",
                "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext",
                "kms:ReEncryptFrom",
                "kms:CreateGrant"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "RDSBackup",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:DescribeDBSnapshots",
                "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
                "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots",
                "rds:DeleteDBSnapshot",
                "rds:CreateDBSnapshot",
                "rds:CreateDBClusterSnapshot",
                "rds:ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute",
                "rds:DescribeDBSubnetGroups",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:CopyDBSnapshot",
                "rds:CopyDBClusterSnapshot",
                "rds:DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes",
                "rds:DeleteDBClusterSnapshot",
                "rds:ListTagsForResource",
                "rds:AddTagsToResource"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "RDSRecovery",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:ModifyDBInstance",
                "rds:ModifyDBClusterSnapshotAttribute",
                "rds:RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot",
                "rds:ModifyDBCluster",
                "rds:RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot",
                "rds:CreateDBInstance",
                "rds:RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime",
                "rds:CreateDBSecurityGroup",
                "rds:CreateDBCluster",
                "rds:RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime",
                "rds:DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "EC2Backup",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
                "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
                "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
                "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
                "ec2:CreateImage",
                "ec2:CopyImage",
                "ec2:CopySnapshot",
                "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumeStatus",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
                "ec2:RegisterImage",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumeAttribute",
                "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
                "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
                "ec2:DeregisterImage",
                "ec2:DeleteSnapshot",
                "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
                "ec2:DescribeRegions",
                "ec2:ModifyImageAttribute",
                "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
                "ec2:ResetSnapshotAttribute",
                "ec2:DescribeHosts",
                "ec2:DescribeImages",
                "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "EC2Recovery",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:RunInstances",
                "ec2:AttachNetworkInterface",
                "ec2:DetachVolume",
                "ec2:AttachVolume",
                "ec2:DeleteTags",
                "ec2:CreateTags",
                "ec2:StartInstances",
                "ec2:StopInstances",
                "ec2:CreateVolume",
                "ec2:DeleteVolume",
                "ec2:DescribeIamInstanceProfileAssociations",
                "ec2:AssociateIamInstanceProfile",
                "ec2:AssociateAddress",
																"secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy",
																"secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
																"secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
																"secretsmanager:RestoreSecret",
																"secretsmanager:PutSecretValue",
																"secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
																"secretsmanager:UpdateSecret",
																"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
																"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "SNS",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "sns:Publish",
                "sns:GetTopicAttributes"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:sns:*:*:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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