fsx:DeleteFileSystem

Write

fsx:DeleteFileSystem is a Write access-level action in the fsx service. Grants permission to delete a file system, deleting its contents and any existing automatic backups of the file system

Resource types

ARNs that fsx:DeleteFileSystem can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:fsx:${Region}:${Account}:file-system/${FileSystemId}
file-system
arn:${Partition}:fsx:${Region}:${Account}:backup/${BackupId}
backup

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants fsx:DeleteFileSystem.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Dependent actions

To use fsx:DeleteFileSystem you may also need to grant:

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows fsx:DeleteFileSystem. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowFsxDeleteFileSystem",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "fsx:DeleteFileSystem",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Related actions in fsx

fsx:AssociateFileGateway Write fsx:AssociateFileSystemAliases Write fsx:BypassSnaplockEnterpriseRetention Permissions management fsx:CancelDataRepositoryTask Write fsx:CopyBackup Write fsx:CopySnapshotAndUpdateVolume Write fsx:CreateAndAttachS3AccessPoint Write fsx:CreateBackup Write fsx:CreateDataRepositoryAssociation Write fsx:CreateDataRepositoryTask Write fsx:CreateFileCache Write fsx:CreateFileSystem Write

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