# Amazon RDS: Allows restoring RDS databases, programmatically and in the console
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This example shows how you might create an identity-based policy that allows restoring RDS databases. This policy defines permissions for programmatic and console access.

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```
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:Describe*",
                "rds:CreateDBParameterGroup",
                "rds:CreateDBSnapshot",
                "rds:DeleteDBSnapshot",
                "rds:Describe*",
                "rds:DownloadDBLogFilePortion",
                "rds:List*",
                "rds:ModifyDBInstance",
                "rds:ModifyDBParameterGroup",
                "rds:ModifyOptionGroup",
                "rds:RebootDBInstance",
                "rds:RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot",
                "rds:RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
```

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