# Execution block permissions
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_execution_blocks"></a>

 The following sections provide sample IAM policies that provide the required permissions for specific execution blocks that you add to a Region switch plan. 

**Topics**
+ [EC2 Auto Scaling execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_ec2_autoscaling.md)
+ [Amazon EKS resource scaling execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_eks.md)
+ [Amazon ECS service scaling execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_ecs.md)
+ [ARC routing controls execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_arc_routing.md)
+ [Aurora Global Database execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_aurora.md)
+ [Amazon DocumentDB Global Cluster execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_documentdb.md)
+ [Amazon RDS execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_rds.md)
+ [Manual approval execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_manual_approval.md)
+ [Custom action Lambda execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_lambda.md)
+ [Route 53 health check execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_route53.md)
+ [Region switch plan execution block sample policy](security_iam_region_switch_plan_execution.md)

# EC2 Auto Scaling execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_ec2_autoscaling"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for EC2 Auto Scaling groups. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-east-1:123456789012:autoScalingGroup:123d456e-123e-1111-abcd-EXAMPLE22222:autoScalingGroupName/app-asg-primary",
        "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:autoScalingGroup:1234a321-123e-1234-aabb-EXAMPLE33333:autoScalingGroupName/app-asg-secondary" 
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# Amazon EKS resource scaling execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_eks"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Amazon EKS resource scaling. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:DescribeCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster/app-eks-primary",
        "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster/app-eks-secondary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicies"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:123456789012:access-entry/app-eks-primary/*",
        "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:123456789012:access-entry/app-eks-secondary/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------

 Note: In addition to this IAM policy, the plan execution role needs to be added to the Amazon EKS cluster's access entries with the `AmazonArcRegionSwitchScalingPolicy` access policy. For more information, see [Configure EKS access entry permissions](eks-resource-scaling-block.md#eks-resource-scaling-block-permissions). 

# Amazon ECS service scaling execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_ecs"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Amazon ECS service scaling. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:DescribeServices",
        "ecs:UpdateService"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:123456789012:service/app-cluster-primary/app-service",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:service/app-cluster-secondary/app-service"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster/app-cluster-primary",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster/app-cluster-secondary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:ListServices"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalableTargets",
        "application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# ARC routing controls execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_arc_routing"></a>

 Note: The Amazon ARC routing controls execution block requires that any service control policies (SCPs) applied to the plan's execution role allow the access to the following Regions for these services: 
+ `route53-recovery-control-config: us-west-2`
+ `route53-recovery-cluster: us-west-2, us-east-1, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1`

The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for ARC routing controls.

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "route53-recovery-control-config:DescribeControlPanel",
        "route53-recovery-control-config:DescribeCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:route53-recovery-control::123456789012:controlpanel/abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234",
        "arn:aws:route53-recovery-control::123456789012:cluster/4b325d3b-0e28-4dcf-ba4a-EXAMPLE11111"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "route53-recovery-cluster:GetRoutingControlState",
        "route53-recovery-cluster:UpdateRoutingControlStates"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:route53-recovery-control::123456789012:controlpanel/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef/routingcontrol/abcdef1234567890", 
        "arn:aws:route53-recovery-control::123456789012:controlpanel/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef/routingcontrol/1234567890abcdef" 
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------

You can retrieve the routing control control panel ID and the cluster ID by using CLI. For more information, see [Set up routing control components](getting-started-cli-routing-config.md).

# Aurora Global Database execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_aurora"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Aurora databases. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeGlobalClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:FailoverGlobalCluster",
        "rds:SwitchoverGlobalCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds::123456789012:global-cluster:app-global-db",
	      "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster:app-db-primary", 
        "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster:app-db-secondary"  
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# Amazon DocumentDB Global Cluster execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_documentdb"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Amazon DocumentDB global clusters. 

```
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeGlobalClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:FailoverGlobalCluster",
        "rds:SwitchoverGlobalCluster"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

# Amazon RDS execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_rds"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Amazon RDS read replica promotion or cross-Region replica creation. 

```
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:PromoteReadReplica",
        "rds:CreateDBInstanceReadReplica",
        "rds:ModifyDBInstance"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

# Manual approval execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_manual_approval"></a>

The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for manual approvals.

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "arc-region-switch:ApprovePlanExecutionStep"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:arc-region-switch::123456789012:plan/sample-plan:0123abc"
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# Custom action Lambda execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_lambda"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Lambda functions. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:GetFunction",
        "lambda:InvokeFunction"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:app-recovery-primary",
        "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:app-recovery-secondary"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# Route 53 health check execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_route53"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan for Route 53 health checks. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "route53:ListResourceRecordSets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:route53:::hostedzone/Z1234567890ABCDEFGHIJ"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------

# Region switch plan execution block sample policy
<a name="security_iam_region_switch_plan_execution"></a>

 The following is a sample policy to attach if you add execution blocks to a Region switch plan to run child plans. 

------
#### [ JSON ]

****  

```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "arc-region-switch:StartPlanExecution",
        "arc-region-switch:GetPlanExecution",
        "arc-region-switch:CancelPlanExecution",
        "arc-region-switch:UpdatePlanExecution",
        "arc-region-switch:ListPlanExecutions"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:arc-region-switch::123456789012:plan/child-plan-1/abcde1",
        "arn:aws:arc-region-switch::123456789012:plan/child-plan-2/fghij2"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

------