AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole

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Summary

Default policy for the Amazon Elastic MapReduce Editors service role.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole
Default version: v2
Created: 2018-11-16
Last edited: 2023-02-09
Services: ec2, elasticmapreduce

Control-plane actions (19)

By access level: 6 List, 2 Permissions management, 3 Read, 1 Tagging, 7 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	16 of 834	6 List, 2 Permissions management, 1 Tagging, 7 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress, ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress, ec2:CreateNetworkInterface, ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission, ec2:CreateSecurityGroup, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface, ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission, ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets and 4 more
EMR	3 of 88	3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	elasticmapreduce:DescribeCluster, elasticmapreduce:ListInstances, elasticmapreduce:ListSteps

EC2: 16 actions

ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)
ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress (Write)
ec2:CreateNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission (Permissions management)
ec2:CreateSecurityGroup (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission (Permissions management)
ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeTags (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute (Write)
ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)

EMR: 3 actions

elasticmapreduce:DescribeCluster (Read)
elasticmapreduce:ListInstances (Read)
elasticmapreduce:ListSteps (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 10 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.

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "elasticmapreduce:ListInstances",
        "elasticmapreduce:DescribeCluster",
        "elasticmapreduce:ListSteps"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "aws:elasticmapreduce:editor-id",
            "aws:elasticmapreduce:job-flow-id"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2023-02-09. 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/service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_amazonelasticmapreduceeditorsrole" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AmazonElasticMapReduceEditorsRole"),
);

Sources

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