Creating EC2 backup and getting "Access denied: Insufficient privileges..." error

Question

Dear all,
Can anyone please help this error? Thanks in advance!
 
**Status: ** A user with PowerUserAccess is trying to create a backup plan for EC2 using a custom role( which has the following permission policies: AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup & AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores)

**Error message: **
Access denied: Insufficient to perform this action. Please consult with the account administrator for necessary permissions.

Answer

Hello.

"PowerUserAccess" does not have permission to attach IAM roles, so service roles cannot be set when allocating resources with AWS Backup.  
So, please set the following IAM policy for the IAM user and then try setting up AWS Backup.  
```
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "iam:PassRole"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ],
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}
```

Creating EC2 backup and getting "Access denied: Insufficient privileges..." error

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