route53:CreateHostedZone

Write

route53:CreateHostedZone is a Write access-level action in the route53 service. Grants permission to create a public hosted zone, which you use to specify how the Domain Name System (DNS) routes traffic on the Internet for a domain, such as example.com, and its subdomains

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

No condition keys are documented for this action.

Dependent actions

To use route53:CreateHostedZone you may also need to grant:

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows route53:CreateHostedZone. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowRoute53CreateHostedZone",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "route53:CreateHostedZone",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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