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ApsaraDB RDS:How to authorize a service-linked role for data backup and recovery

Last Updated:Feb 15, 2025

To use ApsaraDB RDS's backup and recovery service for the first time, you must authorize the service-linked role (AliyunServiceRoleForDBS) to enable it to access, query, and manage your ApsaraDB.

Prerequisites

  • An Alibaba Cloud account is created. For more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.

  • The primary account is the one authorized with Alibaba Cloud.

Procedure

Automatic authorization

  1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console and go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the RDS instance resides. Then, find the RDS instance and click the instance ID.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Backup and Restoration.

  3. In the dialog box that appears, click One-click Authorization .

    Note

    For detailed permission information about the service-linked role (AliyunServiceRoleForDBS), see Introduction to AliyunServiceRoleForDBS.

  4. Click OK .

    You have now created the service-linked role (AliyunServiceRoleForDBS). To delete this role, see Delete a RAM role.

Manual authorization

  1. Log on to the RAM console using your Alibaba Cloud account.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, select Permission Management > Policy.

  3. On the Policy page, click Create Policy .

  4. On the Create Policy page, click the Script Editor tab.

  5. Enter the policy document, then click Continue To Edit Basic Information.

    Note
  6. Enter the policy Name and Description .

  7. Click OK .

AliyunServiceRoleForDBS

Role name: AliyunServiceRoleForDBS

Policy attached to the role: AliyunServiceRolePolicyForDBS

Permissions:

{
  "Version": "1",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceNetInfo",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceNetInfoForChannel",
        "rds:DescribeTasks",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeFilesForSQLServer",
        "rds:DescribeImportsForSQLServer",
        "rds:DescribeSlowLogRecords",
        "rds:DescribeBinlogFiles",
        "rds:DescribeSQLLogRecords",
        "rds:DescribeParameters",
        "rds:DescribeParameterTemplates",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute",
        "rds:DescribeDatabases",
        "rds:DescribeAccounts",
        "rds:DescribeSecurityIPList",
        "rds:DescribeSecurityIps",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceIPArray",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceIPArrayList",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceSSL",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstanceTDE",
        "rds:CreateDBInstance",
        "rds:CreateAccount",
        "rds:CreateDatabase",
        "rds:ModifySecurityIps",
        "rds:GrantAccountPrivilege",
        "rds:CreateMigrateTask",
        "rds:CreateOnlineDatabaseTask",
        "rds:DescribeMigrateTasks",
        "rds:DescribeOssDownloads",
        "rds:CreateBackup",
        "rds:DescribeBackups",
        "rds:DescribeBackupPolicy",
        "rds:ModifyBackupPolicy",
        "rds:DescribeBackupTasks",
        "rds:DescribeBinlogFiles"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "ecs:DescribeInstance",
        "ecs:DescribeInstances",
        "ecs:DescribeVpcs",
        "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroupAttribute",
        "ecs:AuthorizeSecurityGroup",
        "ecs:JoinSecurityGroup",
        "ecs:RevokerSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "kms:ListKeys"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "cms:PutEventRule",
        "cms:PutEventTargets",
        "cms:ListEventRules",
        "cms:ListEventTargetsByRule",
        "cms:DeleteEventRule",
        "cms:DeleteEventTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "polardb:DescribeDBClusterIPArrayList",
        "polardb:DescribeDBClusterNetInfo",
        "polardb:DescribeDBClusters",
        "polardb:ModifySecurityIps",
        "polardb:DescribeDBClusterEndpoints",
        "polardb:DescribeDBClusterAccessWhitelist",
        "polardb:ModifyDBClusterAccessWhitelist"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "dds:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute",
        "dds:DescribeReplicaSetRole",
        "dds:DescribeSecurityIps",
        "dds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "dds:ModifySecurityIps"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "kvstore:DescribeSecurityIps",
        "kvstore:DescribeInstances",
        "kvstore:DescribeAccounts",
        "kvstore:DescribeDBInstanceNetInfo",
        "kvstore:CreateAccount",
        "kvstore:ModifySecurityIps",
        "kvstore:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "kvstore:AllocateInstancePrivateConnection",
        "kvstore:DescribeLogicInstanceTopology"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "drds:DescribeDrdsDB",
        "drds:DescribeDrdsDBs",
        "drds:DescribeDrdsDbInstance",
        "drds:DescribeDrdsDbInstances",
        "drds:DescribeDrdsDBIpWhiteList",
        "drds:DescribeDrdsInstances",
        "drds:ModifyDrdsIpWhiteList",
        "drds:CreateDrdsDB",
        "drds:DescribeTable",
        "drds:DescribeTables",
        "drds:ModifyRdsReadWeight",
        "drds:ChangeAccountPassword",
        "drds:CreateDrdsInstance",
        "drds:CreateInstanceAccount",
        "drds:CreateInstanceInternetAddress",
        "drds:DescribeInstanceAccounts"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": [
        "vpc:DescribeVpcs"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },    
    {
       "Action": [
         "bssapi:QueryResourcePackageInstances"
      ],
       "Resource": "*",
       "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": "hdm:AddHDMInstance",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": "ram:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Condition": {
          "StringEquals": {
              "ram:ServiceName": "dbs.aliyuncs.com"
          }
        }
    }
  ]
}