AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

This policy allows Amazon EKS to manage AWS resources for EKS connector

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2021-09-04
Last edited: 2025-10-15
Services: events, iam, ssm, ssmmessages

Control-plane actions (9)

By access level: 1 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EventBridge	2 of 71	2 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	events:PutRule, events:PutTargets
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:PassRole
Systems Manager	5 of 164	1 Read, 4 Write; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:CreateActivation, ssm:DeleteActivation, ssm:DeregisterManagedInstance, ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:StartSession
SSM Messages	1 of 4	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel

EventBridge: 2 actions

events:PutRule (Write)
events:PutTargets (Write)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:PassRole (Write)

Systems Manager: 5 actions

ssm:CreateActivation (Write)
ssm:DeleteActivation (Write)
ssm:DeregisterManagedInstance (Write)
ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation (Read)
ssm:StartSession (Write)

SSM Messages: 1 actions

ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel (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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 8 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

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": "AccessSSMService",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateActivation",
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:DeleteActivation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ConnectorAgentStartSession",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:StartSession"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AmazonEKS-ExecuteNonInteractiveCommand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ConnectorAgentDeregister",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DeregisterManagedInstance"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PassAnyRoleToSsm",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PutManagedEventRule",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "events:PutRule",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "events:ManagedBy": "eks-connector.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "events:source": "aws.ssm"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PutManagedEventTarget",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "events:PutTargets",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "events:ManagedBy": "eks-connector.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OpenDataChannel",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:session/*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2025-10-15. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.