AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForManagedInstances

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Summary

Provides ECS access to create and manage EC2 managed resources

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForManagedInstances
Default version: v13
Created: 2025-09-26
Last edited: 2026-10-22
Services: cloudformation, ec2, iam, resource-groups, tag

Control-plane actions (23)

By access level: 13 List, 1 Read, 1 Tagging, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFormation	2 of 104	2 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudformation:DescribeStacks, cloudformation:ListStackResources
EC2	17 of 834	10 List, 1 Tagging, 6 Write; 7 restricted, 5 conditional	ec2:CreateFleet, ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate, ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:CreateVolume, ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones, ec2:DescribeCapacityReservations, ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings, ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes, ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates, ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces and 5 more
IAM	2 of 190	2 Write; 2 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:PassRole
Resource Groups	1 of 29	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	resource-groups:ListGroupResources
Resource Group Tagging	1 of 9	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	tag:GetResources

CloudFormation: 2 actions

cloudformation:DescribeStacks (List)
cloudformation:ListStackResources (List)

EC2: 17 actions

ec2:CreateFleet (Write)
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate (Write)
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:CreateVolume (Write)
ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones (List)
ec2:DescribeCapacityReservations (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes (List)
ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates (List)
ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate (Write)
ec2:RunInstances (Write)

IAM: 2 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:PassRole (Write)

Resource Groups: 1 actions

resource-groups:ListGroupResources (List)

Resource Group Tagging: 1 actions

tag:GetResources (Read)

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 9 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "CreateLaunchTemplateForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateLaunchTemplateVersionsForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion",
        "ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ManagedResourceOperator": "ecs.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ProvisionEC2InstancesForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateFleet"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:fleet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateFleetForSupportingResources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateFleet"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateFleetForECSManagedLaunchTemplates",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateFleet"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RunInstancesForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RunInstancesForECSManagedLaunchTemplates",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RunInstancesForSupportingResources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:resource-groups:*:*:group/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "TagOnCreateEC2ResourcesForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:fleet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateFleet",
            "CreateLaunchTemplate",
            "RunInstances"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PassInstanceRoleForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/ecsInstanceRole*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ec2.*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateServiceLinkedRoleForEC2Spot",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/spot.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForEC2Spot"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribeEC2ResourcesManagedByECS",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeCapacityReservations"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ListResourceGroupResources",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "resource-groups:ListGroupResources",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources",
        "tag:GetResources"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ValidateDataVolumeConfigurationForManagedInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVolume"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v13, edited by AWS on 2026-10-22. 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/AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForManagedInstances
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForManagedInstances
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForManagedInstances

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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