AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy

Summary

Policy attached to the EKS Cluster Role that grants permissions to manage the cluster's load balancing resources.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2024-10-30

Last edited

2026-08-20

Services

acm, cognito-idp, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, iam, shield, wafv2

Control-plane actions (55)

By access level: 17 List, 7 Read, 3 Tagging, 28 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 31 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
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleForGatewayHostSharedALB
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForLoadBalancers
• AmazonECSInfrastructureRolePolicyForVpcLattice
• AmazonEKSClusterPolicy

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": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "eks:eks-cluster-name",
            "ingress.eks.amazonaws.com/stack",
            "ingress.eks.amazonaws.com/resource",
            "service.eks.amazonaws.com/stack",
            "service.eks.amazonaws.com/resource",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.alb/stack",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.alb/resource",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.nlb/stack",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.nlb/resource"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/Name": "eks-cluster-sg*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "elasticloadbalancing:CreateAction": [
            "CreateLoadBalancer",
            "CreateTargetGroup",
            "CreateListener",
            "CreateRule"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateSecurityGroup",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetIpAddressType",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetSecurityGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetSubnets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroupAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:AddListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListenerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RemoveListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyIpPools",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyCapacityReservation",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "wafv2:AssociateWebACL",
        "wafv2:DisassociateWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/webacl/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "shield:CreateProtection",
        "shield:DeleteProtection"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "shield:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:shield::*:protection/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "eks:eks-cluster-name",
            "ingress.eks.amazonaws.com/stack",
            "ingress.eks.amazonaws.com/resource",
            "service.eks.amazonaws.com/stack",
            "service.eks.amazonaws.com/resource",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.alb/stack",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.alb/resource",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.nlb/stack",
            "gateway.eks.amazonaws.com.nlb/resource"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolClient",
        "acm:ListCertificates",
        "acm:DescribeCertificate",
        "wafv2:GetWebACL",
        "wafv2:GetWebACLForResource",
        "wafv2:ListWebACLs",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetWebAcl",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetRulePriorities"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcClassicLink",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeClassicLinkInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeCoipPools",
        "ec2:GetCoipPoolUsage",
        "ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeIpamPools"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForElasticLoadBalancing",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-08-20. 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/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
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