# IAM role for GitHub (Cloud) connector
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If you use the AWS CLI or an AWS SDK, you must create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy before you create an Amazon Q resource. When you call the [CreateDataSource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_CreateDataSource.html) operation, you provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) role with the policy attached.

If you use the AWS Management Console, you can create a new IAM role in the Amazon Q console or use an existing IAM role.

To learn more about IAM roles, see [IAM roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html) in the *AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide*.

To connect your data source connector to Amazon Q, you must give Amazon Q an IAM role that has the following permissions:
+ Permission to access the `BatchPutDocument` and `BatchDeleteDocument` operations to ingest documents.
+ Permission to access the [User Store](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-principal-store.html) API operations to ingest user and group access control information from documents.
+ Permission to access your AWS Secrets Manager secret to authenticate your data source connector instance.
+ **(Optional)** If you're using Amazon VPC, permission to access your Amazon VPC.

```
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 ,
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToGetSecret",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToDecryptSecret",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "secretsmanager.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToIngestDocuments",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "qbusiness:BatchPutDocument",
        "qbusiness:BatchDeleteDocument"
      ],
      "Resource": [
      "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{source_account}}:application/{{application_id}}",
      "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{source_account}}:application/{{application_id}}/index/{{index_id}}"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToIngestPrincipalMapping",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "qbusiness:PutGroup",
        "qbusiness:CreateUser",
        "qbusiness:DeleteGroup",
        "qbusiness:UpdateUser",
        "qbusiness:ListGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:application/{{application_id}}",
        "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:application/{{application_id}}/index/{{index_id}}",
        "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:application/{{application_id}}/index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToCreateAndDeleteNI",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:subnet/[[subnet_ids]]",
        "arn:aws:ec2:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:security-group/[[security_group]]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToCreateAndDeleteNIForSpecificTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:network-interface/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AMAZON_Q": "qbusiness_{{account_id}}_{{application_id}}_*"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "AMAZON_Q"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToCreateTags",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:network-interface/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateNetworkInterface"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToCreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:network-interface/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AMAZON_Q": "qbusiness_{{account_id}}_{{application_id}}_*"
        }
      }
    },
   {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQToDescribeResourcesForVPC",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfacePermissions",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

**To allow Amazon Q to assume a role, you must also use the following trust policy:**

```
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 ,
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowsAmazonQServicePrincipal",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "qbusiness.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:SourceAccount": "{{source_account}}"
        },
        "ArnEquals": {
          "aws:SourceArn": "arn:aws:qbusiness:{{region}}:{{source_account}}:application/{{application_id}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

For more information on Amazon Q data source connector IAM roles, see [IAM roles for Amazon Q data source connectors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/iam-roles.html#iam-roles-ds).