AWSBatchFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access for AWS Batch resources.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBatchFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v8

Created

2016-12-06

Last edited

2026-11-04

Services

batch, cloudwatch, ec2, ecs, eks, iam, logs

Control-plane actions (136)

By access level: 49 List, 53 Read, 3 Tagging, 31 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: batch (26 of 26).
• 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.

Related policies

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• AmazonBraketServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCloudWatchRUMFullAccess
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDMSCloudWatchLogsRole

Same domain

• AdministratorAccess-AWSElasticBeanstalk
• AIDevOpsReleaseManagementVPCPolicy
• AmazonAppStreamServiceAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonDMSVPCManagementRole
• AmazonDRSVPCManagement
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverEKSClusterScopedPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy

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": [
        "batch:*",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
        "ecs:DescribeClusters",
        "ecs:Describe*",
        "ecs:List*",
        "eks:DescribeCluster",
        "eks:ListClusters",
        "logs:Describe*",
        "logs:Get*",
        "logs:TestMetricFilter",
        "logs:FilterLogEvents",
        "iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSBatchServiceRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSBatchServiceRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/ecsInstanceRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/ecsInstanceRole",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/iaws-ec2-spot-fleet-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-ec2-spot-fleet-role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSBatchJobRole*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*Batch*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "batch.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BatchEksAccessEntryCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "eks:CreateAccessEntry",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "eks:principalArn": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/batch.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForBatch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BatchEksAccessEntryManage",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:DescribeAccessEntry",
        "eks:DeleteAccessEntry"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*/role/*/AWSServiceRoleForBatch/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BatchEksAccessEntryAssociatePolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "eks:AssociateAccessPolicy",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*/role/*/AWSServiceRoleForBatch/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "eks:policyArn": "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AWSBatchClusterPolicy",
          "eks:accessScope": "cluster"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v8, edited by AWS on 2026-11-04. 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/AWSBatchFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBatchFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBatchFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AWSBatchFullAccess
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