Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Transfer for SFTP - Service Authorization Reference

Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Transfer for SFTP

AWS Transfer for SFTP (service prefix: transfer ) provides the following service-specific resources, actions, and condition context keys for use in IAM permission policies.

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Actions defined by AWS Transfer for SFTP

You can specify the following actions in the Action element of an IAM policy statement. Use policies to grant permissions to perform an operation in AWS. When you use an action in a policy, you usually allow or deny access to the API operation or CLI command with the same name. However, in some cases, a single action controls access to more than one operation. Alternatively, some operations require several different actions.

The Resource types column indicates whether each action supports resource-level permissions. If there is no value for this column, you must specify all resources ("*") in the Resource element of your policy statement. If the column includes a resource type, then you can specify an ARN of that type in a statement with that action. Required resources are indicated in the table with an asterisk (*). If you specify a resource-level permission ARN in a statement using this action, then it must be of this type. Some actions support multiple resource types. If the resource type is optional (not indicated as required), then you can choose to use one but not the other.

For details about the columns in the following table, see The actions table .

Actions Description Access level Resource types (*required) Condition keys Dependent actions
CreateServer Grants permission to create a server Write

aws:TagKeys

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

iam:PassRole

CreateUser Grants permission to add a user associated with a server Write

server*

iam:PassRole

aws:TagKeys

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

DeleteServer Grants permission to delete a server Write

server*

DeleteSshPublicKey Grants permission to delete an SSH public key from a user Write

user*

DeleteUser Grants permission to delete a user associated with a server Write

user*

DescribeSecurityPolicy Grants permission to describe a security policy Read
DescribeServer Grants permission to describe a server Read

server*

DescribeUser Grants permission to describe a user associated with a server Read

user*

ImportSshPublicKey Grants permission to add an SSH public key to a user Write

user*

ListSecurityPolicies Grants permission to list security policies List
ListServers Grants permission to list servers List
ListTagsForResource Grants permission to list tags for a server or a user Read

server

user

ListUsers Grants permission to list users associated with a server List

server*

StartServer Grants permission to start a server Write

server*

StopServer Grants permission to stop a server Write

server*

TagResource Grants permission to tag a server or a user Tagging

server

user

aws:TagKeys

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

TestIdentityProvider Grants permission to test a server's custom identity provider Read

user*

UntagResource Grants permission to untag a server or a user Tagging

server

user

aws:TagKeys

UpdateServer Grants permission to update the configuration of a server Write

server*

iam:PassRole

UpdateUser Grants permission to update the configuration of a user Write

user*

iam:PassRole

Resource types defined by AWS Transfer for SFTP

The following resource types are defined by this service and can be used in the Resource element of IAM permission policy statements. Each action in the Actions table identifies the resource types that can be specified with that action. A resource type can also define which condition keys you can include in a policy. These keys are displayed in the last column of the table. For details about the columns in the following table, see The resource types table .

Resource types ARN Condition keys
user arn:$ { Partition}:transfer:$ { region}:$ { account}:user/$ { serverId}/$ { username}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

server arn:$ { Partition}:transfer:$ { region}:$ { account}:server/$ { serverId}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

Condition keys for AWS Transfer for SFTP

AWS Transfer for SFTP defines the following condition keys that can be used in the Condition element of an IAM policy. You can use these keys to further refine the conditions under which the policy statement applies. For details about the columns in the following table, see The condition keys table .

To view the global condition keys that are available to all services, see Available global condition keys .

Condition keys Description Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} Filters actions based on the tags that are passed in the request String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} Filters actions based on the tags associated with the resource String
aws:TagKeys Filters actions based on the tag keys that are passed in the request String