How do I create a service-linked role for DBS? - ApsaraDB RDS

If this is the first time that you use the backup and restoration feature of your ApsaraDB RDS instance, you must create the AliyunServiceRoleForDBS service-linked role for Database Backup (DBS) to allow DBS to access, query, and manage your RDS instance.

Prerequisites

An Alibaba Cloud account is created. For more information, see Sign up with Alibaba Cloud.
Your Alibaba Cloud account is used to create the service-linked role.

Procedure

Automatic authorization

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 ID of the instance.
In the left-side navigation pane of the page that appears, click Backup and Restoration.
In the dialog box that appears, click Authorize.
Note For more information about the AliyunServiceRoleForDBS role, see Role details
Click OK.
The AliyunServiceRoleForDBS role is created. For more information about how to delete the role, see Delete a RAM role.

Manual authorization

Log on to the Resource Access Management (RAM) console with an Alibaba Cloud account.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Permissions > Policies.
On the Policies page, click Create Policy.
On the Create Policy page, click the JSON tab.
Enter the policy document and click Next to edit policy information.
Note
- For more information about the policy document, see AliyunServiceRoleForDBS.
- For more information about the syntax and structure of RAM policies, see Policy structure and syntax.
Configure the Name and Note parameters for the policy.
Then, click OK.

Role details

Role name: AliyunServiceRoleForDBS

Policy of the role: AliyunServiceRolePolicyForDBS

The policy specifies the following 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": "hdm:AddHDMInstance",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow"
    },
    {
      "Action": "ram:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Condition": {
          "StringEquals": {
              "ram:ServiceName": "dbs.aliyuncs.com"
          }
        }
    }
  ]
}