# Additional permissions for CloudFormation
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If you use CloudFormationto manage your game hosting resources, add the CloudFormation permissions to the policy syntax. 

```
    {
      "Action": [
        "autoscaling:DescribeLifecycleHooks",
        "autoscaling:DescribeNotificationConfigurations",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions"
      ]
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
```