AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB

Summary

Default policy for the Amazon ECS Infrastructure Role for Amazon ECS Service Gateway Services.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALBCopy ARN

Default version

v2

Created

2026-09-25

Last edited

2026-11-09

Services

acm, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, iam, wafv2

Control-plane actions (49)

By access level: 6 List, 8 Read, 3 Tagging, 32 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 35 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.

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• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

Same domain

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• AmazonAPIGatewayInvokeFullAccess
• AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForLoadBalancers
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForVpcLattice
• AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
• AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy

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": [
    {
      "Sid": "ServiceLinkedRoleCreateOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ELBOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroupAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetRulePriorities",
        "elasticloadbalancing:AddListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RemoveListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetSecurityGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener/app/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener-rule/app/*/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TagOnCreateELBResources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener/app/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener-rule/app/*/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "elasticloadbalancing:CreateAction": [
            "CreateLoadBalancer",
            "CreateListener",
            "CreateRule",
            "CreateTargetGroup"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BlanketAllowCreateSecurityGroupsInVPCs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateSecurityGroupResourcesWithTags",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ModifySecurityGroupOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TagOnCreateEC2Resources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateSecurityGroup",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CertificateOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "acm:AddTagsToCertificate",
        "acm:DeleteCertificate"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:acm:*:*:certificate/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CertificateCreateOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "acm:RequestCertificate"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:acm:*:*:certificate/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CertificateReadOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "acm:DescribeCertificate",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:acm:*:*:certificate/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "WAFAssociationOnALBs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "wafv2:AssociateWebACL",
        "wafv2:DisassociateWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:regional/webacl/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ELBSetWebACLOnALBs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateWebACLAssociation",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteWebACLAssociation",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "WAFReadOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "wafv2:GetWebACL",
        "wafv2:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:regional/webacl/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ELBGetWebACLOnALBs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:GetLoadBalancerWebACL",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ELBReadOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "VPCReadOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2026-11-09. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

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

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

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonecsinfrastructureroleforgatewayhostsharedalb" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB"),
);

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB
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