AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicy

Summary

This policy provides permissions to EKS local cluster's control-plane instances running in your account to manage resources on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v4

Created

2022-08-24

Last edited

2024-10-24

Services

ec2, ec2messages, ecr, ecr-public, logs, secretsmanager, ssm, ssmmessages

Control-plane actions (34)

By access level: 8 List, 9 Read, 17 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 17 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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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:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2messages:AcknowledgeMessage",
        "ec2messages:DeleteMessage",
        "ec2messages:FailMessage",
        "ec2messages:GetEndpoint",
        "ec2messages:GetMessages",
        "ec2messages:SendReply",
        "ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel",
        "ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel",
        "ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel",
        "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel",
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceProperties",
        "ssm:DescribeDocumentParameters",
        "ssm:ListInstanceAssociations",
        "ssm:RegisterManagedInstance",
        "ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:UpdateInstanceAssociationStatus",
        "ssm:PutComplianceItems",
        "ssm:PutInventory",
        "ecr-public:GetAuthorizationToken",
        "ecr:GetAuthorizationToken"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer",
        "ecr:BatchGetImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/eks/*",
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/bottlerocket-admin",
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/bottlerocket-control-eks",
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/diagnostics-collector-eks",
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/kubelet-config-updater"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:*:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:eks-local.cluster.x-k8s.io/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/eks/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:PutLogEvents",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/eks/*:*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, edited by AWS on 2024-10-24. 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/AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicy

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

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

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

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicy
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