AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role

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Summary

Default policy for the Amazon EC2 Role for Amazon EC2 Container Service.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role
Default version: v10
Created: 2015-03-19
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ec2, ecr, ecs, logs

Control-plane actions (19)

By access level: 1 List, 5 Read, 1 Tagging, 12 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	1 of 834	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeTags
Elastic Container Registry	4 of 65	4 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability, ecr:BatchGetImage, ecr:GetAuthorizationToken, ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer
Elastic Container Service	12 of 92	1 Read, 1 Tagging, 10 Write; 2 restricted, 1 conditional	ecs:CreateCluster, ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance, ecs:DiscoverPollEndpoint, ecs:ListTagsForResource, ecs:Poll, ecs:RegisterContainerInstance, ecs:StartTelemetrySession, ecs:Submit*, ecs:TagResource, ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState
CloudWatch Logs	2 of 133	2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogStream, logs:PutLogEvents

EC2: 1 actions

ec2:DescribeTags (List)

Elastic Container Registry: 4 actions

ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability (Read)
ecr:BatchGetImage (Read)
ecr:GetAuthorizationToken (Read)
ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer (Read)

Elastic Container Service: 12 actions

ecs:CreateCluster (Write)
ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance (Write)
ecs:DiscoverPollEndpoint (Write)
ecs:ListTagsForResource (Read)
ecs:Poll (Write)
ecs:RegisterContainerInstance (Write)
ecs:StartTelemetrySession (Write)
ecs:SubmitAttachmentStateChanges (Write)
ecs:SubmitContainerStateChange (Write)
ecs:SubmitTaskStateChange (Write)
ecs:TagResource (Tagging)
ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState (Write)

CloudWatch Logs: 2 actions

logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 13 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ecs:CreateCluster",
        "ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance",
        "ecs:DiscoverPollEndpoint",
        "ecs:Poll",
        "ecs:RegisterContainerInstance",
        "ecs:StartTelemetrySession",
        "ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState",
        "ecs:Submit*",
        "ecr:GetAuthorizationToken",
        "ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability",
        "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer",
        "ecr:BatchGetImage",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ecs:TagResource",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ecs:CreateAction": [
            "CreateCluster",
            "RegisterContainerInstance"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task/*/*",
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:container-instance/*/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_amazonec2containerserviceforec2role" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role"),
);

Sources

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