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Using the service-linked role for zonal autoshift in Route 53 ARC

Zonal autoshift in Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller uses a Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) service-linked role. A service-linked role is a unique type of IAM role that is linked directly to a service— in this case, Route 53 ARC. The service-linked role is predefined by Route 53 ARC and includes all the permissions that the service requires to call other Amazon services on your behalf for specific purposes.

A service-linked role makes setting up Route 53 ARC easier because you don’t have to manually add the necessary permissions. Route 53 ARC defines the permissions for the service-linked role, and unless defined otherwise, only Route 53 ARC can assume its roles. The defined permissions include the trust policy and the permissions policy, and that permissions policy cannot be attached to any other IAM entity.

You can delete a service-linked role only after first deleting its related resources. This protects your Route 53 ARC zonal autoshift resources because you can't inadvertently remove permission to access the resources.

For information about other services that support service-linked roles, see Amazon Services that work with IAM and look for the services that have Yes in the Service-linked role column. Choose a Yes with a link to view the service-linked role documentation for that service.

Service-linked role permissions for AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun

Route 53 ARC uses the service-linked role named AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun to do the following:

This section describes the permissions for the service-linked role, and information about creating, editing, and deleting the role.

Service-linked role permissions for AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun

This service-linked role uses the managed policy AWSZonalAutoshiftPracticeRunSLRPolicy.

The AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role trusts the following service to assume the role:

To view the permissions for this policy, see AWSZonalAutoshiftPracticeRunSLRPolicy in the Amazon Managed Policy Reference.

You must configure permissions to allow an IAM entity (such as a user, group, or role) to create, edit, or delete a service-linked role. For more information, see Service-linked role permissions in the IAM User Guide.

Creating the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role for Route 53 ARC

You don't need to manually create the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role. When you create the first practice run configuration in the Amazon Web Services Management Console, the Amazon CLI, or an Amazon SDK, Route 53 ARC creates the service-linked role for you.

If you delete this service-linked role, and then need to create it again, you can use the same process to recreate the role in your account. When you create the first practice run configuration, Route 53 ARC creates the service-linked role for you again.

Editing the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role for Route 53 ARC

Route 53 ARC does not allow you to edit the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role. After you create the service-linked role, you cannot change the name of the role because other entities might reference it. However, you can edit the description of the role using IAM. For more information, see Editing a service-linked role in the IAM User Guide.

Deleting the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role for Route 53 ARC

If you no longer need to use a feature or service that requires a service-linked role, we recommend that you delete that role. That way you don’t have an unused entity that is not actively monitored or maintained. However, you must clean up the resources for a service-linked role before you can manually delete it.

After you have disabled autoshift, then you can delete the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role. For more information about the autoshift capability, see Zonal shift in Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller.

To manually delete the service-linked role using IAM

Use the IAM console, the Amazon CLI, or the Amazon API to delete the AWSServiceRoleForZonalAutoshiftPracticeRun service-linked role. For more information, see Deleting a service-linked role in the IAM User Guide.

Updates to the Route 53 ARC service-linked role for zonal autoshift

For updates to the Amazon managed policies for the Route 53 ARC service-linked roles, see the Amazon managed policies updates table for Route 53 ARC. You can also subscribe to automatic RSS alerts on the Route 53 ARC Document history page.