Permission issue on resource arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:aws:transform

Question

I am trying to integrate swagger with api gateway and lambda using swagger extensions. Swagger file is uploaded in a S3 bucket, I am using Body with transform and include as below

Using BodyS3Location in AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi properties returns error Unable to parse API definition because of a malformed integration for the same integration mentioned above I referred Swagger file with AWS Extensions stored in S3 Bucket for API Creation with Cloudformation.

and modified the template as below for AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi properties Body: Fn::Transform: Name: AWS::Include Parameters: Location: Fn::Sub: "s3://${BucketName}/apiSwaggerSpec.yaml"

For the stack above I have all the permission on cloudformation actions

Below code I have added as swagger extension. x-amazon-apigateway-auth: type: "aws_iam" x-amazon-apigateway-integration: type: "aws_proxy" httpMethod: "POST" passthroughBehavior: "when_no_match" uri: Fn::Sub: "arn:aws:apigateway:us-east-1:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:${accountId}:function:testLambdaFunction/invocations" credentials: Fn::Sub: "arn:aws:iam::${accountId}:role/${myRole}" responses: default: statusCode: 200

I am getting permission denied error with message as myrole is not authorized to perform cloudformation:CreateChangeSet on resource: arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:aws:transform/include

Do I need to add special permissions for transform/include. aws documentation says it doesn't need special permissions?

Answer 1

I hit this same problem, and this question was the only meaningful result I could find when searching. Despite AWS's claims to the contrary, there does appear to be a required permission, but the one that the error message complains about seems to be the only one; after that, the Include transform appears to work. This is the entire policy I added:

      PolicyDocument:
        Version: "2012-10-17"
        Statement:
          - # The AWS::Include transform requires this weird permission.
            Sid: UseInclude
            Effect: "Allow"
            Action: "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet"
            Resource: !Sub "arn:aws:cloudformation:${AWS::Region}:aws:transform/Include"